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...decade ago, for instance, few people would have predicted that in the year 2000, the huge state of Amazonas, next door to Par?, would be the least deforested region in the ecosystem?especially since in earlier administrations the Governor, Amazonino Mendes, had offered to hand out chain saws to anyone wanting one, in order to spur land clearing. (In recent years, Mendes has adopted a slightly softer approach toward the forest.) Manaus, the capital of Amazonas, has grown rapidly in wealth and size in the past 10 years, but without massive tree cutting in surrounding areas. Local soils are notoriously...
...bring its redesigned logo to students' attention this year. The company bought rights to paint the logo on the side of a Russian rocket that was delivering parts to the International Space Station. CEO Mike Rawlings said they were looking for a "mythic symbol" to represent the chain's recent growth. Pizza Hut is well-known in education circles for its reading incentive program, Book It!, which rewards students with pizza for meeting their reading goals. The theme for the coming year's Book It! reading list, promoted in the teacher packets provided to schools each fall, is "Space: From...
...fact that a national chain, which was blessed with immense popularity among Harvard students and perpetual long lines at its registers, still chose to leave is a testament to the Square's steepening rents...
...have a history of understanding a need and fulfilling a need in a way that chain stores can't do," Slate said, "We will do our best to compete...
...rents are skyrocketing," he said. "It's been horrendous. Chain stores can come in, see if they make it for five years--it's just a drop in the bucket compared to an ad in the Super Bowl-- but we just can't afford to do that...