Word: pioneers
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...released on tape for the first time, unabridged on 30 cassettes. "Nine years ago, only 8% of the population had heard a book on tape; now it's close to 25%," says Michael Viner, co-founder of Dove Audio, a nine-year-old Los Angeles company that helped pioneer the field...
Some wineries have found ingenious ways to boost sales and instill brand loyalty. Traditionally, wineries have been financed by bank debt or their owners' wealth. Now a few vineyards are selling stock to the public. A pioneer example is the Chalone Wine Group. In addition to Chalone Vineyards near Monterey, Chalone owns Acacia, Carmenet and part of Edna Valley. Although the shares have never paid a dividend since they were first marketed in 1984, the 10,000 or so stockholders have become enthusiastic ambassadors for the group's wines. One reason: anyone who owns at least 100 shares is invited...
...work has developed new links between chemistry and biology. He is a pioneer in the burgeoning field of chemical biology...
...committed in a vacuum. "What happened to you in the past is a part of who you are today," she says. However, she adds, "If, in the process, we have made people think that people are not responsible for their lives, then that is a fault." Ever the pioneer, she delivered that opinion last February on a segment entitled Can You Get Away with Murder...
...pioneer among the new pragmatists is Philadelphia mayor Edward Rendell, 50, a moderate Democrat. "No more whining that we don't get enough money from state capitals and from Washington," says the former prosecutor. "No more looking for the cavalry to bail us out." When he took the reins in 1992, Philadelphia carried a $200 million deficit and municipal bonds with junk- level ratings. Its citizenry, meanwhile, was financially anemic from 19 tax increases in 11 years. Fifteen months later, Rendell had engineered the city's first surplus since 1987 without a tax boost...