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...there someone in the family interested in the 46 synonyms for the Gewurztraminer grape? Or maybe you have a friend who just has to locate the six wine-growing districts of China? If so, consider as a suitable gift Sotheby's World Wine Encyclopedia by Tom Stevenson (New York Graphic Society; 480 pages; $40). Lavishly illustrated and superbly mapped, it compares favorably with older standards by Hugh Johnson and Alexis Lichine. Stevenson, a British expert, provides meticulously detailed information on both the basics (how to read wine labels) and the arcane (how wine is fermented). Idiosyncrasy blends with thoroughness here...
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...Tom Yohe, one more year of eligibility...
...missed that shot because the player plays for Vermont. We are a timid, scared team right now and I have to get the losing demon out of our system. We have to exorcise it out, and it's my fault that we haven't yet."--Vermont basketball Coach Tom Brennan after Catamount Mike Lubas missed a wide-open layup at the buzzer during his team's 53-51 loss to Harvard...
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