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...opinion piece "Business Should Come First" in the December 12 issue of The Crimson incorrectly identified the court decision which upheld the right of neo-Nazis to march in Skokie, Ill. The 1978 decision was handed down by a Federal District Court, not the Supreme Court of the U.S., and the case was designated Collin v. Smith...
Thatcher's new home is a five-bedroom, neo-Georgian house in the suburb of Dulwich, about four miles from central London. Thatcher's daughter Carol predicts that her mother "will suffer decompression" out of office. When, for example, Carol reminded her parent that she had not set foot in a supermarket in nearly 12 years, Thatcher replied, "Of course I have. I have opened enough of them...
...these are the best of times for California winemakers, they are also the worst. The vintners feel besieged by a burgeoning neo-prohibitionist movement that seeks not to ban alcohol but to surround its sale with crippling restrictions. Many winemakers thought it unhappily symbolic that the Oakland Athletics, playing in a stadium less than 40 miles from the state's leading wine county, celebrated their American League championship win with foaming bottles of carbonated cider. League president Bobby Brown thought it unseemly that role-model athletes should be seen on national TV swigging champagne...
Vintners blame neo-prohibitionism for federal legislation that requires them to clutter bottles with precautionary print. In 1988, for example, labels were required to note the presence of sulfites, which can cause certain allergic reactions, but for relatively few imbibers and only if consumed at levels well in excess of what is found in table wines. Last year two new warnings were mandated: one about the risk of birth defects for pregnant women who drink and another about consumption impairing the ability to drive...
...cadre of talented young vintners, the nation's premier grape-growing state is producing better wines than ever. But the future looks troubled: taxes are going up, Americans are drinking less, and neo-prohibitionists seek to limit alcohol sales. In the meantime, vinting has become a national pastime: 46 of the 50 states produce wine, and some of it is pretty good...