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...those weren't coincidences enough, Vin Eruzione, whose older brother Mike gained fame as captain of the 1980 Olympic hockey team, prowled the territory between first and second for the visitors...
...advantage. Martelli erased that for good in the Harvard third with his two-run homer. Harvard added single runs in both the fifth and the sixth to ice the win. At Soldier's Field HARVARD HOLY CROSS AB R H BI Gary Quinian, cf 4 1 1 0 Vin Eruzione, 2b 3 0 0 0 Pat O'Reilly, dh 4 0 0 0 Dave Stenhouse, c 3 0 0 2 Jim Vest, lf 4 0 1 0 John Ahern, rf 4 0 0 0 Tom Scannell, 3b 4 0 0 0 John Gross, ss 3 0 1 0 Ed Scannell...
...Germans call it Schmiergeld (grease money), though export traders usually simply say N.A. for niitzliche Abgabe (useful contribution). In France, where there is veritas in the vino, a payoff is called a pot-de-vin or jug of wine. The Italians refer to a bribe as a bustarella (little envelope). Under-the-table payments in East Africa go by the sobriquet chai, Swahili...
...that houses an immense information service called The Source. Customers can tap into 2,000 sources of data, ranging from a nationwide listing of job openings and up-to-the-minute financial news to world airline schedules and the entire catalogue for the wine library of Les Amis du Vin. During evening hours and weekends, the cost of bringing this information into the home is $2.75 an hour...
None of these Franco-American producers plans to sell his California quaff in Europe. Steven Spurrier, owner of the Paris wine school L'Académie du Vin, believes that to be a wise decision. Says he: "Moēt would be crazy to import Chandon Brut into France. In my opinion it is much better than their own Moēt et Chandon. They would be competing against themselves with a better-tasting wine at a better price...