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...revenue terms. Although Europe has nearly 25% fewer outlets than the U.S., in 2007 its $9 billion in revenue outpaced the $8 billion generated in America, partly because of a strong euro but also because of consistently higher sales. Given that, McDonald's new European investment strategy seems quite clear: provide its operations in Europe a boost by multiplying the number of restaurants capable of serving clients there. And ironically, a swiftly tightening recession may be the best environment in which that can be done. (See the top 10 food trends...
...member of the Obama-Biden transition team, helped negotiate the terms on which former President Bill Clinton agreed to disclose the names of 200,000 donors to his charitable foundation in order to clear the way for Hillary's nomination as Secretary of State...
...second day of his presidency, Barack Obama wanted to send a clear message: The United States does not torture. An executive order signed by Obama now requires that interrogations of anyone in U.S. custody follow what's known as the Army Field Manual. The 384-page book lays out 19 interrogation techniques permitted by law and prohibits nine categories of others, including waterboarding, used by the Central Intelligence Agency during the Bush Administration, as well as forcing prisoners to be naked, as happened in the Abu Ghraib prisoner scandal. The Army Field Manual itself is specific; it includes precise instructions...
...tunnels are usually about 80 ft. deep, and the longest ones run for more than a mile before popping open in the basement of a smuggler's house on the Egyptian side. A team of diggers is paid $100 for each meter and can clear away 10 meters in a hard day's work. "It's crazy down there," says Aymad. "Many times, when we're digging, we'll run into another tunnel." Aymad once brought his 2-year-old boy into the tunnel, he says, "so he can see what his father is forced to do for a living...
...indoors actually hurts me physically,” the Cambridge native said.The book stand—officially named “Almost Banned in Harvard Square Booksellers”—is registered with the Harvard Square Business Association.O’Brien said that if he cannot clear out his remaining 15,000 books in three months, he will have someone take them away.WANDERLUSTAfter completing eighth grade, O’Brien left Cambridge to pursue the vagrant lifestyle popular among young people in the 1960s and 70s.“It became addictive for me and I stayed...