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...course, it's what's on the inside that really counts. And that falls very much under the mystical influence of time. A bottle of wine, as Maya, the oenophilic waitress in Sideways points out, reflects the soil, the sun and the rain of the year its grapes were grown. Its ultimate flavor, though, will also reflect the burnishing influence of the years it lay in wait of a corkscrew. As more women discover that age-old truth about wine and waiting, it's a good bet that fewer will settle for the little White Lie of a cutesy label...
...setting for those who like their outdoor experiences spiked with adrenaline: harnessed and helmeted nature lovers can whiz through the Tsitsikamma's treetops by strapping themselves onto a web of steel cables threaded through the forest canopy. Biologists studying the flora and fauna in the Costa Rican cloud- and rain-forest canopies invented the system in the 1980s. It's an adventure that is eco-friendly?not one nail or bolt is drilled into a tree, as the whole system is held together with tension and leverage forces. The highest point is 30 m above the ground...
More than 300 million palm fronds are harvested each year from Central American rain forests for the U.S. market--many for Palm Sunday, when Christians commemorate Jesus' entry into Jerusalem five days before his Crucifixion. This Sunday, 281 churches in 34 states will mark the occasion with "eco-palms." Cooperatives in Mexico and Guatemala have agreed to harvest sustainably, taking only a few fronds per plant. Churches pay premium prices, helping the workers who collect the fronds. "We must be good to our neighbors," says Pastor Glenn Berg-Moberg of St. Anthony Park Lutheran Church in St. Paul, Minn. "Even...
...Day—on Saturday, the Harvard baseball team stopped fooling around. After sputtering through a difficult spring break road trip, the Crimson (6-9-1, 2-0 Ivy) initiated its Ivy League schedule with a pair of wins over Princeton (4-13-1, 0-2) in a rain-delayed afternoon doubleheader at Clarke Field. Harvard, relying on a combination of strong starting pitching and home run power, surged to a 4-1 victory in the opener and won 8-2 in the nightcap. “We knew the season, regardless of what we were doing before, started today...
...stretched three and a half hours, well after Harvard had secured the overall victory. “It was good to see him, a freshman, keep fighting after the match was decided,” Chiu said. SAN DIEGO STATE 4, HARVARD 2 The threat of rain meant that singles competition was held first Tuesday in San Diego. Only sophomore No. 5 Dan Nguyen and No. 6 Ermakov took their matches, and then the rain itself forced the cancellation of the doubles point, as the Aztecs had already guaranteed the win. SAN DIEGO 4, HARVARD 3 The No. 36 Toreros...