Word: chicago
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...about food. I've never reviewed a restaurant. I think when I quit - about twenty years ago, before I took it up again - it was because it didn't seem like readers were getting that distinction. I'd get calls about, "Where's the third-best French restaurant in Chicago?" I don't have any idea, or even any credentials for deciding. I think my experience with people asking solemn questions about where the best this or that is shows how easy it is to be considered an expert in this country...
...chair of the UC Election Commission, Steven T. Cupps ’10, was stuck at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago late into last night, and said he expected the campaigns to adhere to the honor system for the night. [CORRECTION APPENDED...
...whose same-store sales plunged 14% in the third quarter. "In their case it might be an overexpansion problem as they got into men's and children's clothing and then made the acquisition of J.Jill, which wasn't smart," says Neil Stern, senior partner at McMillan Doolittle, a Chicago-based retail-consulting firm. That half-billion-dollar acquisition is currently up for sale, but no one is biting. Meanwhile, outdoor-apparel shop Eddie Bauer emerged from bankruptcy in June 2005 with a $450 million bank loan, which left it highly leveraged and low on cash. "While their same-store...
...getting it in Mexico. The Christua Muguerza hospital system - located in Mexico, but run by U.S.-based Christian hospital group since 2001 - includes a scrolling text box on its web site informing visitors how "very close to you" its Mexican facilities are. ("from Houston 1 hr 37 mins!" "from Chicago 3hrs 15 mins!") Meanwhile, New Zealand is trumpeting its expertise in hip and knee replacements and South Korea is enticing medical travelers with high-end non-medical amenities like golf...
...walk out of a church after 20 years of the guy spewing hatred towards America.' And the last line was, 'Character matters, especially when no one is listening.' " The ad never ran, however, because McCain ruled the topic of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the preacher of Obama's Chicago church, out of bounds shortly after he locked up the Republican nomination...