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...because it rethinks the show in any significant way, or introduces any spectacular new talents. Even the biggest name in the new cast - Charlotte D'Amboise, as Cassie, the former headliner on her way down - has the taint of a Broadway also-ran; she was the replacement brought in when Christina Applegate fractured her foot in previews for the Broadway revival of Sweet Charity, then got the shaft when Christina hobbled back onstage faster than anyone expected. But these hard-working, high-kicking troupers earn their ovations the old fashioned way: they showcase the material with solid, energetic professionalism - which...
...most oddsmakers to beat the late-starting G.O.P. write-in candidate Shelley Sekula-Gibbs. In southeastern Ohio, former House Administration Committee chairman Bob Ney is retiring after pleading guilty last month to trading favors for campaign contributions from Abramoff. But his handpicked replacement, Joy Padgett, can't shake the taint of scandal. Ney's solidly Republican district favored Bush by 14 percentage points in 2004 but is now polling anywhere from 2% to 14% in favor of Democrat Zack Space...
...while a lot has changed since then, most natural corks haven't--at least not enough. They still dry out, crumble and shrink as they age. Some don't ever fit right, allowing air in to oxidize the wine and turn it stale. And then there's "cork taint," those moldy smells and tastes caused by trichloranisole, a chemical that some experts estimate adversely affects up to 10% of all bottles of wine. (Synthetic corks solve some of those issues but raise their own.) Recently, however, the search for alternatives to the cork has heated up. Here's how some...
SCREW CAPS AND GLASS STOPPERS Influential wine critic Robert M. Parker Jr. has predicted that by 2015 more wines will be opened with the twist of a wrist than the pull of a cork. Screw caps eliminate the oxidation and taint problems, are simple to open--no corkscrew required!--and reseal easily. After decades of being associated with cheap wine, they're finally overcoming their image problem. New Zealand already closes more than 80% of its wines with screw caps. The French even use them on a few prestigious Bordeaux and Burgundies...
...flooding seems to be a reasonable explanation for the contamination, and earlier studies have found that it doesn't take much to taint growing produce. In 2004, Michael Doyle, director of the Center for Food Safety at University of Georgia, documented how long E. coli 0157 remained on produce such as carrots and green onions when these vegetables were planted in composted manure that his team had intentionally contaminated with E. coli. "We found that you only have to apply contaminated irrigation water once, and the E. coli can still get into the soil and then contaminate that produce...