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2 weeks ago |
cbsnews.com | Bill Whitaker |Aliza Chasan
The booming, bourbon-driven barrel business Metal, plastic and cardboard long ago eclipsed barrels for the shipment of most items, but when it comes to wine and whiskey, especially bourbon whiskey, the oak barrel still reigns. Demand for bourbon has been great for the barrel business, as 3.2 million new barrels were filled with whiskey last year in Kentucky alone, and more than 14 million full barrels are aging in the state.
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2 weeks ago |
cbsnews.com | Bill Whitaker
The booming, bourbon-driven barrel business If someone asked you to name a product that was first made 2,000 years ago, still looks and works as it always has, and still plays a vital role in global commerce, would you be stumped? It turns out, the answer is the simple wooden barrel. Almost always made of oak, barrels have a long and fascinating history. First built and used by the Celts and Romans, they have held nearly every commodity over the centuries.
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3 weeks ago |
ourcommunitynow.com | Bill Whitaker
Republican Congresswoman Young Kim of California has challenged a recent executive order by President Trump that sought to dismantle the federal agency that oversees U.S. taxpayer-funded media outlets. The broadcasters — like Voice of America , Radio Free Asia, and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty — have for decades served to project American values around the world while sharing fact-based news in a variety of languages.
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3 weeks ago |
cbsnews.com | Bill Whitaker |Aliza Chasan
Trump's silencing of Voice of America Republican Congresswoman Young Kim of California has challenged a recent executive order by President Trump that sought to dismantle the federal agency that oversees U.S. taxpayer-funded media outlets. The broadcasters — like Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty — have for decades served to project American values around the world while sharing fact-based news in a variety of languages.
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1 month ago |
cbsnews.com | Bill Whitaker
With stars like Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, maybe it's no wonder "Othello" just became the highest-grossing Broadway play ever, pulling in $2.8 million in a single week. Washington said, "It's the most excited I've been this century. Seriously. I haven't been this excited about anything I've done as I am about this."That's saying something coming from Washington.
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