In 1984, the original owners of Starbucks, led by Jerry Baldwin, purchased Peet's. During the 1980s, total sales of coffee in the US were falling, but sales of specialty coffee increased, forming 10% of the market in 1989, compared with 3% in 1983.
IAU redirects here. For other uses, see IAU (disambiguation) . The International Astronomical Union (IAU; French: Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is a collection of professional astronomers, at the PhD level and beyond, active in professional research and education in astronomy.
NICU is an acronym that stands for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The NICU is the department of the hospital which cares for prematurely born babies (neonates) who are not fully developed, and therefore are unable to survive on their own without the assistance of monitoring equipment, incubators, and breathing apparatus.