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...product of a single farm in Poland, where the rye is grown, harvested and distilled on the premises. Whether all this effort adds anything to the flavor is debatable, but it does provide a conversation topic at a chic cocktail party generously underwritten by the vodka's parent, the spirits giant Pernod Ricard...
...years, and the league's best players have defected to the U.S. Owners say austerity measures such as club mergers are necessary given these dire circumstances. Author Robert Whiting, an expert on Japanese baseball, agrees that "fundamental restructuring is necessary" but adds that management's tendency to put the parent corporation before the team is responsible for the Japan League's woes: "[The owners] are victims of their own lack of commitment." Fans sympathise with the players?polls show only 8% public support for merging teams, while 68% would back a strike...
That was all a mere prelude to the atrocity that began the next day. For the first day of school in Beslan, a midsize town of 30,000 located about 900 miles from Moscow, parents brought snacks for the children. Students brought flowers for their teachers, and some carried balloons. They were just lining up in the schoolyard when dozens of men in black ski masks and camouflage appeared. "This is a seizure!" they shouted, as panicked families tried to flee. A few lucky children hid behind heating-system boilers and got away; the rest were herded into...
BUSH Sure, but not to say cures are at our fingertips, because they're not with stem cells. I know what it's like to have a parent suffer from Alzheimer's. And to give people the idea that there is going to be a cure next year for Alzheimer's--or for anything else--is just not right...
...provide specific figures, but analysts estimate that Guinness generates 15% of Diageo's revenues, or about $2.4 billion of the group's $15.9 billion annual revenues for the year ending June 30. Brian Duffy, chairman of Diageo Ireland, says that Guinness's financial performance is "extremely important" to its parent company. "The growth rates are pretty impressive outside of Europe, but the brand's home markets are still large," he says. "St. James's Gate is the home of Guinness. It is vital." Analysts agree. Bleakley estimates that Guinness's operations have a 20% return on invested capital, compared...