Word: mottoes
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Sales of what the industry defines as premium wines are increasing even as cheap-wine sales are declining. According to the wine-industry consultancy Motto Kryla Fisher, among wines costing less than $8 a bottle retail, 116 million cases were sold last year for a total of $2.55 billion--a volume decline of 3% from the year before. But among wines that cost more than $15 a bottle, 15 million cases were sold for $2.17 billion--an increase of 9% over 2000. The higher end is where the profits and the growth are to be found. "With high-quality wines...
...Notice Luke White in the corner explaining our band motto to a girl: “We put the “Id” back in “Idiot...
...House of Blues, with its motto of “Help ever, hurt never,” was a safe bet for Beaubrun to give free range to his political and spiritual beliefs, both those about wicked politicians and those about it being time to “unite what we say, what we think and what we do.” Though he was sometimes incomprehensible through crowd cheering and a creole accent, Beaubrun’s connection with his audience was palpable: when he bounced, they shook the floor. When his fist came up, the stage was obscured...
Slade recognizes the fraternity’s Christian past. When Sigma Chi was founded in 1855, the cross was immediately adopted as its symbol, with the accompanying motto, In Hoc Signo Vinces—in this sign you will conquer. Both the symbol and the phrase were taken from a legend about Constantine, the first Christian emperor of Rome, who supposedly saw a cross in the sky before going to battle...
...spokesperson for Greencool didn't return phone calls seeking comment?standard operating procedure in a country where "the less said, the better" could be the corporate motto at most organizations. Ultimately, Yang may have contributed to his own downfall simply by flying too high and speaking too much. When Forbes magazine named Yang the second-richest man in China with a $900-million fortune, he lined up his cars, including a Rolls-Royce and two Mercedes limousines, so that Chinese papers could photograph them. "This is a town where, if you make a lot of money, you keep your head...