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...Sauvignon? Only very few wine experts could discern the country of origin, and none of them could taste the prices. The wines of Bordeaux will fall in value when consumers' tastes turn toward the much cheaper wines of the New World. Let the free market play its role. Rudolf Wicki Hinwil, Switzerland One can spend up to €500 on a bottle of what I'm sure would be a very fine vintage of Château Lafite-Rothschild, but I won't. I'll stick with wines from the New World, where the right conditions produce fantastic vintages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Global Wine Glut | 11/14/2006 | See Source »

...cowboy coloring book." I was encouraged, to say the least, that America had given this exemplar of the strenuous life an untainted character worthy of his children's admiration (I never saw his son without a red John Wayne neckerchief). But then Christoph sang impromptu of the "Wicki-wicki Wild Wild West," paraphrasing Will Smith and breaking my heart...

Author: By Hugh P. Liebert, | Title: The American Invasion | 10/26/1999 | See Source »

Wladyslaw Wicki, who has spent 56 of his 74 years on the farm, similarly dismisses current complaints by recalling the discomforts he endured between two world wars. That may be small consolation to his fellows as Poland's economic prospects grow darker and darker. Soon after Pope John Paul II's visit in June, it was reported that the Polish church was negotiating with the government to funnel about $2 billion into providing farms with machinery, seeds, fertilizer and other needed goods. Most of the farmers in Borkowo are either unaware or skeptical of the offer. The only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland: A Bumper Crop of Problems | 9/26/1983 | See Source »

...Radcliffe shell, manned by Ruth Colker, Diane Hickman, Wicki Royden, Robin Lothrup, and coxswain Patty Glovsky, took the race by two seconds despite a collision with another shell which cost them half on oar, and a tangle with a buoy that left them at a momentary near-standstill...

Author: By James D. Auran, | Title: Head Provides Racers Pleasure and Competition | 10/18/1976 | See Source »

Freshwoman Wicki Royden. Radcliffe's promising freestyler from the Santa Clara swim team, could push last year's winning relay times into the unbeatable range. She will alternate with Costin in individual freestyle events...

Author: By Dale S. Russakoff, | Title: 'Cliffe Swimmers Glide Past Jackson | 12/4/1972 | See Source »

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