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Mayo is a former lay minister whose brand of genial grievance would make him a perfect AM-radio host. He had long been a presence in the local Op-Ed pages, campaigning vigorously against everything from a porn store near the high school to an unsafe highway pass. He started speaking out on illegal immigration, hectoring elected officials and writing a stream of e-mails to local newspapers. Eventually he wrote a ballot initiative, a bill to levy fines against employers of illegal immigrants. He was outspent and outorganized by regional activist groups - he raised $430, they raised more than...
Conclusion: Although Harvard may not be the best market for these female firms, it is often the only viable market in terms of convenience. And because of the undesirable brand of the Harvard name when latched onto a female. That said, Harvard girls can still do well by distinguishing themselves from their competitors and fostering more loyalty. If all else fails, female firms can still expand into other similar markets. Hey, the Business School and Medical School aren’t too far away...
...shape, taste and texture. Manischewitz endured some controversy for his use of machines, but after he spent 13 years studying the Talmud in Jerusalem, even the most hardened traditionalists eventually considered him an acceptable authority on matzo. The Manischewitz family sold the company in 1990 for $42.5 million; the brand is still the most popular type of matzo in the world...
...real openness here - I don't look at myself as a celebrity or a brand. I've gained a lot of respect from an audience by talking about values. I feel a sense of responsibility to walk the talk. If you saw the exercise tape, you'd see I'm in damn good shape. That's inspiring for other women. The doll was something silly, I don't even think it looks like me. It looks like Barbie...
...this context, it is not surprising to see one of Hong Kong's foremost designers, Douglas Young, presenting his private collection of locally made 20th century consumer objects as museum-worthy artifacts. Located in Kowloon, the G.O.D. Street Culture Museum - named after Young's lifestyle and fashion brand - is not only a repository of items that have inspired Young's consummately Hong Kong sense of aesthetics, but an indication of what the city's people will preserve when so many of the larger conservation battles have been lost. Great Victorian edifices have been torn down and entire districts razed...