Posted on Friday, August 17, 2012 at 6:08 PM
Mostly, the reaction was favorable. But several readers were indignant. “Only 3 out of 20 from North America?” one wrote in an e-mail. “Come on, Eric, we can do better than that.”Finding good values in American wines is not easy. Unlike in the Old World, the wine industry in America did not evolve to make intriguing, inexpensive wines.Fashion
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Posted on Friday, August 17, 2012 at 12:38 AM
Big picture, this was a good series for the Yankees. They took three of four against a team that came into this series with the best record in the American League, but instead of ending it with a sweep and a 3.5-game lead for home-field advantage, the Yankees have a 1.5-game lead and a reminder that this race is far from finished.Fashion
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Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 6:10 PM
Child was born 100 years ago Wednesday, and without her, the phrase “aspiring food writer” would probably have never been uttered in the United States. Being named for her was certainly a nudge in the direction of food, but I didn’t grow up with a silver spoonful of chocolate mousse in my mouth. Fashion
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Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 3:16 AM
Our growth rate will fall below six percent this year. It's easy to blame the rest of the world, but the answers lie closer to home. That's good news. If the problems are of our own making, the solutions are also within our grasp.It is time to bring out the same medicine that worked so well two decades ago. Fashion
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