Word: teas
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...leave the theater humming other people's better songs.") That's a shame, because Korie has a knack for clever lyrics; I'd never heard eunuch and Punic rhymed before. For the "Drift Away" bridge he conjures a lovely wistfulness - "Our tete-a-tetes, midnight duets, / Our breakfast tea and toast, / Funny how things that mean the least/ Are what we'll miss the most" - that approaches the pop poetry of Broadway's Golden Age lyric masters...
...INDIAN BUYER: TATA TEA Part of the giant Tata conglomerate; owns Tetley Tea COMPANY ACQUIRED: ENERGY BRANDS (U.S.) Maker of Glaceau bottled water and vitamin drinks PRICE: $677 million (30% stake) DATE: August...
...Bush's visit in more unusual ways. One of the nation's top witch-doctors, Gendheng Pamungkas, says he is perfecting a voodoo spell he will cast on Bush while he is in Indonesia. Tropical downpours, Gendheng says, will mar the American President's stay, scheduled for the tea-plantation retreat of Bogor rather than Jakarta, partly because of safety concerns. Confusing father and son's vegetable dislikes, Gendheng also promises to "turn the broccoli against Bush" - a vaguely threatening if puzzling hex. "I am casting this spell because it is what the majority of Indonesians want," explains Gendheng. Even...
Tata signaled a new prominence for the emerging Asian conglomerate in 2000 when the most Indian of brands bought one of the most English, Tetley Tea. At $435 million, the deal was the biggest in Indian history. For Tata, buying an iconic Western brand was not the goal. Growing Tata Tea was. "We look for the acquisition of companies that fill a product gap or have a strategic connection with what we do, wherever that company might be," he says. The same holds true for the latest steel deal: it fills a gap. Corus makes a wide range of high...
Japan organized the world's largest tea party in Nishio, a city famous for its green teas. Precisely 14,718 people simultaneously sipped while sitting barefoot on 1.5 km of red carpet, smashing the previous mark of 7,250. No word on whether they also broke the record for longest port-a-potty line ever...