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This boutique outfit, based in New York City, has won a Best Picture nomination an amazing nine years in a row (two in 1998); the runner-up studio for consecutive years is DreamWorks, with three. Miramax films snared the top prize in two of the past four years: The English Patient and Shakespeare in Love. Now comes Chocolat, an English-language movie with a French accent and a Swedish director (Lasse Hallstrom), a negligible film whose greatest asset is its studio logo...
Joining Chock in the relays will be the runner-up in the 100-yard butterfly at last year's Ivy championships, sophomore Anna Fraser...
...were right to choose author J.K. Rowling as a runner-up [PERSON OF THE YEAR, Dec. 25-Jan. 1]. Through her Harry Potter books, she has had a huge impact. Harry is seen in bookshops all over France, and the invasion has just begun. He is bringing back the joy of reading to French kids. But the French grudge against things foreign still exists, and Rowling may not get the full attention she deserves. That's a shame, as only Harry has the power to overcome the resistance of kids to reading. The French just won't admit it. NICOLAS...
Sophomore Pat O'Donnell shocked the collegiate wrestling world on Saturday by upsetting Joe Heskett of Iowa State. Heskett entered the Lone Star Duals in Dallas as the nation's top-ranked wrestler in his weight class. A two-time All-American and last year's NCAA runner-up, the 165-pounder had been undefeated this year and sported an 84-4 career record...
...runner-up in this case, of course, is Coke, but Enrico wasn't referring to the $58 billion U.S. soda business. Instead, he was talking about the nearly $20 billion emerging market for alternative beverages, those ubiquitous juices, teas, bottled waters, sports and energy drinks, packed with exotic herbs and vitamins, that are overwhelming store shelves. Quaker may be known for oatmeal, but its magic potion is Gatorade, a $2 billion-a-year dynamo of a brand that has a hammerlock on 80% of the sports-drink market. "When we're done," Gatorade chief Susan Wellington told analysts earlier this...