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...general critique of the Academy Awards was not quite the discussion I anticipated having, and I will probably have to wait for another column. But I will sum up my estimation of the Oscars by stating that they’re probably the most consistently reliable artistic awards ceremony in existence, and for all their miscalculations, have made fewer mistakes than, say, the Nobel Peace Prize (even the headache-inducing buffoonery of Roberto Benigni was slightly less egregious than awarding Le Duc Tho and Henry Kissinger in the same year...
...Broadway hit entitled Sly Fox. Foxwell J. Sly (Dreyfuss) is a con man operating at the emergence of the Gold Rush in San Francisco. The mad zeal for glittering nuggets proves to be a perfect opportunity for Sly and his assistant to make a tidy sum. The screenplay, written by Larry Gelbart, is a reimagining of Ben Jonson’s darkly comedic Volpone. The production will also feature Bronson “Get out of the city!” Pinchot (Perfect Strangers) and Elizabeth “I’m so excited...
...Such is the success of this effervescent pairing that the houses of Dom Perignon, Krug, Mo?t and Veuve Clicquot all trumpet its merits. Veuve even promotes its 1996 Rich Reserve as a companion for dim sum. "The shrimp dumpling is a mirror of the Rich Reserve," says Bruno Yvon, Hong Kong-based business manager of the Clicquot Group. "Both are a mix of crisp and aromatic textures enveloped in a soft richness...
...players behind it. Deutsche Telekom and DaimlerChrysler had banked on the system as a possible export. Since Toll Collect refuses to pay full damages for the €6.5 billion shortfall in revenues, it is also a further fiasco for the government, which rashly earmarked part of that sum for much-needed investments in infrastructure in the 2004 budget. Although the consortium has since declared it has successfully completed...
...worries about endangering innovation, R&D expenditures will likely increase if the Bush Administration chooses to exercise its march-in rights in the Norvir and Xalatan cases. That’s because the Essential Inventions petitions include a clever stipulation that would require generic producers to contribute a small sum to an R&D fund for every pill they sell. Generic manufacturers could easily afford to make these contributions while offering cheaper prices and earning healthy profits to boot...