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...That may help calm those locals who subscribe to an anyone-but-Anheuser mentality, believing it would be an insult for their illustrious brew to be owned by what they consider a pretender to the Budweiser name. "It would be a smack in the face," scoffs retired car repairman Milos Homolka, 54. "Americans would still make beer, but it will not be the good old Budvar." Not that it would really affect Homolka either way. He has already switched to pilsner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Small Beer for Czech Bud Lovers | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

...senior class participated in Upper Hall, this year only 100 subscriptions were sold in addition to eight special mugs reserved for class marshals and 48 for House Committees to distribute at their discretion. To make bad go to worse, the mugs were sold on noon last Wednesday—smack in the middle of classes—with scant publicity. Funding is understandably a constraint—the Upper Hall mugs sold for $50 for the year, but if one drank as much beer as possible (under Pub rules) they would be worth about $300. And the funding comes from...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Whose Hall? | 9/23/2007 | See Source »

...freak up...permission to talk smack when others lay up ... Put hair on your game's chest." Not exactly the type of encouragement you'd expect to hear from caddies on exclusive golf courses. And that's exactly the point of Top-Flite's edgy new commercials. Anchored by wry ESPN personality Kenny Mayne, the segments are designed to get the competitive juices going and the fairways buzzing again about the struggling company's balls-- golf balls, to be a tad more specific...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Golf Game: Top-Flite Gets Macho | 8/30/2007 | See Source »

...Defense. Every player on tour would love to smack more winners than Federer. But trying to outshoot the game's most graceful shooter is like trying to out-jump Michael Jordan in his prime. It just won't happen. "The one common thread running through his losses is that all those guys play spectacular defense," notes Jim Courier, a former top-ranked player in the world. "What would be winners against most players aren't, and that can frustrate Roger." Nadal, no. 3 ranked Novak Djokovic of Serbia, and Argentine Guillermo Canas, who have all recently beaten Federer, can catch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Ways to Beat Roger Federer | 8/24/2007 | See Source »

McNichol said that he’s excited that the volunteers’ efforts are being put to use in the form of tomorrow’s race and that he hopes the event will show people that “we have this beautiful river right smack dab in the middle of our hometown, and it’s really in good condition...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Brown Charles Gets Green Light | 7/20/2007 | See Source »

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