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...Bordeaux, the biggest French fine-wine region and perhaps the most prestigious. The place is suddenly rife with division: between winemakers and the merchants who traditionally sold their vintages; the top-name châteaux that enjoy worldwide fame--and that are making money faster than you can say premier grand cru classé--and the 9,000 others, about 500 of whom are estimated to be in dire straits; traditionalists and reformers."We thought we were the king of carrots. We just didn't see the others coming," admits Jean-François Bruere, who heads a 220-member regional cooperative...
...Bordeaux hierarchy, Pontet-Canet isn't one of the very top châteaux, but it's still a name, thanks to an official classification dating to 1855, when the French got the jump on market segmentation. Wine merchants that year carved out the top wines, awarding Pontet-Canet 5th grand cru classé. With it came brand equity and pricing power that have lasted more than 150 years...
...outings with friends, Susan and Sean checked in with each other by cell phone several times. But while awaiting his return, Susan dozed off. Just after 1 a.m., the phone startled her awake with the news every parent of a teen dreads. Her son had smashed her '98 Pontiac Grand Am and was in the hospital's trauma unit. Three of the boys in the car had been killed, the fourth injured. Sean, who had been drinking heavily at a party that night (reportedly as much as eight beers in an hour), served two years in juvenile lockup for driving...
...will also greatly enhance endocrine and neurological studies. In the 2006 US News and World Report rankings, BIDMC placed 43rd in cancer research and 12th in endocrinology. “The combination of three machines into one is pretty new,†said SAIF manager Alec M. De Grand, who added that the new instrument is more compact and efficient. “It’s a very much needed instrument for small animal molecular imaging and it will have a significant impact on biomedical research at the Longwood Medical Area Campus,†said HEI grant...
...where to spend the money? One possibility is to fund creative, large-scale social events that might not be organized by any particular student group. Currently, groups of students not affiliated with any particular student organization cannot receive UC funding, even if they have grand plans for a large-scale event. This sort of funding would assist ideas like last year’s Junior Class Commission’s dance in Annenberg, and other ideas that are fun, creative, and not limited to specific, existing student groups. The emphasis should remain on events with a wide appeal in order...