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Apple martinis come in many different varieties, and different drinkers all have their favorites. Try adding a splash of cranberry juice to make a Red Apple Martini, or a dash of Cointreau orange liqueur or Absolute Citron to give the drink a fruitier spin. For simple mixing in the dorm room, half vodka and half sour apple schnapps can be substituted. Harvard students may have a special weakness for Sour Apple Martinis, simply because the drink finds a home on the menus of many Square bars, including Grafton Street, Daedalus and Redline...
...time is like getting a rocket launcher for your birthday, taking out a couple cars and being called one of history’s best marksmen. Managing the Yankees to the World Series should, in theory, be about as challenging as piloting a washing machine through the spin cycle: Insert money, watch...
...interventionism, from installing the Shah of Iran in 1953 to giving $245 million in foreign aid to Taliban-run Afghanistan in 2000 and 2001), then switches to breezy humor (a larkish, South Park--ish animation on whites' fear of blacks). To a former producer of Cops, he suggests a spin-off: Corporate Cops, in which guys like Ken Lay would be strip-searched...
...issue of who is really to blame for the split is also an engine in battles for the friends. "It is probably around divorce that spin control was developed," says Belove. "The players feel they need the story to be told a certain way, and they need people to buy their version of the story." When friends favor one spouse over the other, it is read as belief in that spouse's side of the story. The one with the most friends can believe he or she is less to blame for the marriage's failure...
...fell 5% in 2001, largely due to downloading and piracy, or so the industry claims. But revenue from concerts and merchandise hit $1.6 billion, which is why this EMI deal may offer a new model. Williams is no longer just a recording artist, but a franchise that EMI can spin off into everything from T shirts to action figures. By buying into Williams's wider activities, EMI hopes to swing even when CD sales aren't winning. BANKING "Opening The Lid" In Japan Heizo Takanaka must have the most stressful job in Japan - not easy in a country where train...