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Coca-Cola probably could not help but be caught off guard by the sugar industry's assault. Its run-in with textile workers, though, was an avoidable gaffe. Last month Coca-Cola unveiled a line of men's and women's casual clothing manufactured by Murjani International of New York City under a license from the Atlanta company. The Murjani products included bright-colored sweaters ($40), sweatshirts ($34) and jean jackets ($52), all bearing the Coca-Cola logo. The trouble began when textile officials discovered that the clothes were made in Asia, despite being advertised as "All-American." Several textile...
...have chosen the simple word Harvest in order to avoid confusion with the established American Restaurant in the local Crown Center development. The American Grill prospers in Scottsdale, Ariz., and there is another in the Chicago area. Philadelphia boasts the USA Cafe. In Washington, the American Cafe, originally a casual, simple eatery, now has seven branches and plans to open 96 units 22 cities around the country. Part of expansion plan includes packaging food under the American Cafe label...
...accept, but the guy is all there in his music." Backstage at a concert, the atmosphere is a little more restrictive, less familial than in times past, but Springsteen, off the road, is still the superstar who will tag along home on the spur of the moment with a casual friend and plunk out a few notes for the family on a toy piano. Recently, after a rehearsal in New Jersey, Springsteen found a fan lounging on the Boss's '69 black Chevy Malibu convertible. The fan took a bluff, bold shot: "How about a ride home?" "Hop in," said...
...police just yet. As part of its campaign to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by 6% of 1990 levels by 2012 (under the Kyoto Protocol), Japan has figured out a way to save energy with style: no tie, no jacket, no buttoning up. Dubbed "Cool Biz" (kuuru bizu), the new casual has officials and executives shedding their signature suits a la Clark Kent this summer and raising office thermostats 5°F, to a wilting 82.4°. Aptly dressed in casual clothes, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi hopes to save the second largest importer of oil 81 million gal. each summer...
...looks scary to some Americans, from Beijing's perspective it seems very different. At last, think China's rulers, the world is being put into proper balance. After 500 years during which China fell asleep, it is once more taking its rightful place among the great powers. But most casual observers outside China don't understand that even as the nation gains respect, its people are haunted by a deep sense of past slights. China's long journey toward modernity began not because the dragon gently flexed its scaly muscles but because others prodded it with a sharp stick. When...