Word: funnelled
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...Cologne-based Splendid Media is co-producing the movie Traffic, which Zeta-Jones, Douglas and Quaid are filming. Splendid is also putting up $65 million of the $90 million needed for the Scorsese-DiCaprio movie The Gangs of New York. And if all goes according to plan, it will funnel more than $100 million into a series of co-productions with Zeta-Jones' production firm, Milkwood Films, over the next two years...
Judging by his story on Starbucks' "new" vacuum coffee pot [TREND ALERT, Oct. 23], you need to send Joshua Quittner to basic-science class. The vacuum coffee pots (which can actually be purchased for a few dollars at secondhand stores) push the water to the top funnel because of pressure created by boiling water in the bottom vessel, not by a vacuum in the upper chamber. When the bottom vessel is allowed to cool, a vacuum forms and sucks the coffee back down. The only thing new about this technology is Starbucks' $169 price tag. BILL CONNELL Florence...
...program are promising, with the first beneficiaries, now third-graders, outpacing their peers in math and reading. And Gore says his proposal would provide financial relief across the board, especially to middle-income families. But the program could be costly to taxpayers. Experts say Gore's "universal" measure could funnel money to some parents who don't need it. And to make the program viable, states must ante up matching funds. Though 42 states now bankroll some form of public preschool, the budgets are often minuscule. Georgia taps its state lottery, but it's unclear where other states would turn...
...program are promising, with the first beneficiaries, now third-graders, outpacing their peers in math and reading. And Gore says his proposal would provide financial relief across the board, especially to middle-income families. But the program could be costly to taxpayers. Experts say Gore's "universal" measure could funnel money to some parents who don't need it. And to make the program viable, states must ante up matching funds. Though 42 states now bankroll some form of public preschool, the budgets are often minuscule. Georgia taps its state lottery, but it's unclear where other states would turn...
...coffee? Our testers found that one must be careful when distributing the coffee in the funnel--sometimes the powerful uprush of hot water failed to soak all the grounds, making the brew too weak. Once we got the hang of it, though, the taste was indeed swell. Strong, not bitter and hot. Say it all together now: "Ahhhhh, coffee...