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Next Big Things come and go--remember dry beer, "malternative" beverages and low-cal cream liqueurs?--but the industry has very high hopes for one ongoing craze: from chocolate vodka to tequila-and-lime-spiked rum to sour-raspberry schnapps, flavored spirits are multiplying like empty shot glasses on a 21st birthday. Flavored rums rose from 18% of total rum sales in 1998 to 39% last year. Flavored vodkas are similarly flush. Even Martin Friedland of Jenkintown, Pa., an importer of fine spirits for more than 50 years, won't call flavored liquors a fad; the worst he'll call...
...much longer can the candidates dodge what will be the key question, both for the primary contest and the matchup of a nominee against a formidable incumbent President: Do the Democrats have anything to offer? A sour economy at home (weekly unemployment claims rose 8,000 to 455,000 last week) and turmoil overseas could make the odds considerably better for the Democrats next year. But it's an outside shot - not to mention an unseemly hope - to count on bad news alone to carry a Democrat all the way to the White House. And unlike his father, this President...
While academia may have left a sour taste in Strack’s mouth, the restaurant business has treated him well. “It is really fucking hard,” Strack admits, “but it’s really rewarding.” He especially appreciates the ability to be involved in all aspects of the restaurant—from the hands-on cooking to management. “The best thing is being your own boss, making money based on your own ideas...
Chavez recalls Noam Chomsky’s recent speech at the Forum, when the IOP struggled to find someone willing to provide an introduction for the liberal’s liberal and MIT linguist. After former Secretary of Agriculture and IOP Director Dan Glickman finally complied, things quickly turned sour: the two men began to debate Vietnam-era policies and bicker about youth involvement in politics in the living room. According to Chavez, Glickman nearly refused to introduce Chomsky. Eventually, Glickman’s job description got the better of him and he welcomed Chomsky before the Forum...
...MILK The soy-based yogurts we tried--Whole Soy and Silk, in plain and vanilla flavors--were chalky, gritty and sour, with a chemical aftertaste. You might go for them, but a typical reaction from one of our testers was "awful...