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Still, countries that are far stodgier about wine than the U.S. are starting to change. The English have bought wine in plastic packs for years. Even some vintners in France, whose wine industry has been in trouble because of worldwide competition and overproduction, are experimenting with alternatives to glass. Jean-Charles Boisset, whose family business is a market leader, likens wine drinkers and their adaptability to the consumers of another once upscale product. "You squeeze mustard from a plastic bottle, when you traditionally got it from a glass bottle," he says matter-of-factly...
...staff don’t differentiate between work and play. “We have a very happy staff,” Tarr says, maybe because “the people who come in are usually in a good mood and fun to work for.” Unlike stodgier establishments, where staff are discouraged from talking to customers, at the Barking Crab it’s not unusual for waiters and waitresses to get to know their tables, sometimes even sitting down to chat. “We’re not corporate,” Tarr explains...
...funds earmarked for closing the gender gap. And this effort must go further that merely encouraging women to participate in future capital campaigns; Rudenstine and Knowles must themselves be willing to convince donors with large wallets to lend their support to the cause, even if this risks alienating the stodgier conservative white men among them...
...Ritz-Carlton Hotel (15 Arlington Street, Boston) also serves a delicious afternoon tea but it has a higher price, a stodgier atmosphere and smaller servings than the Four Seasons...
...when Restic came back to the stodgier American game, his ideas pushed the limit of the rulebook. Game officials had to be briefed before each game. (One referee commented that he had difficulty telling which receivers were eligible and which were not, but always gave Restic the benefit of the doubt.) In 1973, former Northeastern Coach Joe Zabilski called the Multi-Flex "the most imaginative offense around, the thing of the future...