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Wooden posts mark the ground where, in 1945, historian Roland Robbins discovered the remains of Thoreau's home. Nearby is a sign describing the cabin's appearance and its fate after Thoreau left Walden. The building was dismantled before 1850; its roof was put on a pigsty...
...shocked, we are extremely saddened, and we are puzzled," said Roland Adams, a Dartmouth spokesperson...
...move surplus stocks. The good news for consumers is that this is already translating into lower prices, particularly for top-level champagnes. "I haven't seen much of a drop in sales because the best brands have been continuously on sale, with prices permanently lowered by 10%," says Roland Vella, who manages a Nicolas liquor store on the Rue Rambuteau in Paris. Instead of paying the usual $26.50 for a bottle of Mumm's top-of-the-line Cordon Rouge, Vella's customers can buy one for $23.70. Anticipating this year's 250th company anniversary, Moet & Chandon last year even...
Carried away by the excitement of the harvest, some champagne pros are bubbling over with enthusiasm about the future. "I think the crisis is behind us," says Roland Chaillon, director of the Champagne Producers' Union. "By next year we may not even have enough champagne left in stock." Others suggest that such optimism may come from drinking too much of the product. Analysts Gerard Morin and Jean-Francois Cotier of the Bank of France in Chalons-sur-Marne, the heart of champagne country, detect only "a slight ripple of improvement" this year. Larger champagne houses more dependent on exports will...
...performances, by conductor Roland Bader and the Krakow Philharmonic and the inestimable Kronos Quartet, are excellent. And for those looking to recapture the magic of Symphony No. 3, the delicious trio of miniatures, In the Old Style, is just the ticket at a tenth the length...