Prieur

That same year he realized a lifelong dream and purchased Ch â teau Prieur é -Cantenac, a classified Bordeaux ch â teau which would soon be officially rechristened as Ch â teau Prieur é -Lichine.

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Within a few years he'd made enough to purchase the run-down Prieur é -Cantenac in Bordeaux, not that the initial purchase price was high; his son Sacha told me he paid £ 11,000 then about $16,000 for the former priory, ranked as a fourth growth in the 1855 classification, and some 25 neglected acres of vines.

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As an adjunct professor at UNO, Fromherz was assigned a hands-on, academic course this spring, instructing nearly two dozen, civil engineering seniors in design work associated with paving the 4800 block of North Prieur St.

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This fact shadowed his later years, according to Sacha Lichine, although he continued to run Prieur é -Lichine and to write about wine, publishing and revising the influential "Alexis Lichine's New Encyclopedia of Wine and Spirits" and "Alexis Lichine's Guide to the Wines and Vineyards of France."

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"Pervious concrete on this one block of North Prieur will reduce the amount of rainwater pumped into nearby Bayou Bienvenue," Fromherz said.

Susan Buchanan: Permeable Concrete Tested To Reduce City Street Flooding Susan Buchanan 2011

On North Prieur Street, eight inches of pervious pavement and eight inches of base were used for most of the block.

Susan Buchanan: Permeable Concrete Tested To Reduce City Street Flooding Susan Buchanan 2011

In early April, Hard Rock Construction, a Metairie based-contractor, poured pervious concrete on the north side of the North Prieur block, and in mid-April the firm completed the south side.

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Michel Prieur, a professor of environmental law and leading advocate for application of non-regression to environmental protections, argues that the principle is justified because the purpose of environmental law is to protect, not regulate, the environment.

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"About 300 feet of heavily deteriorated asphalt on North Prieur Street between Jourdan and Deslonde was repaved with pervious concrete this spring," he said.

Susan Buchanan: Permeable Concrete Tested To Reduce City Street Flooding Susan Buchanan 2011

Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal 2005 Prieur é -Lichine, Margaux, $45 | The best young Prieur é I've tasted, this has opulent fruit and cedar notes; it should probably spend a little more time in bottle.

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