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...Nobel award in Chemistry went to the Coca-Cola Company of Great Britain, “for using advanced technology to convert liquid from the River Thames into Dasani, a transparent form of water, which for precautionary reasons has been made unavailable to customers.” No one from the company was present to acknowledge the award, but Hershbach used his chemical expertise to explain the magnitude of the achievement. Dasani, he said, had twice the legal limit of toxic bromates...
...about pushing the boundaries of fashion and making radical statements on the runway--all black palettes, jackets with three sleeves--this new group looks generally to more classical and conservative muses. Panichgul is inspired by Cecil Beaton photographs. Chow--who showed bed jackets made of sequins stamped out of Coca-Cola cans and embroidered brocade coats inspired by Masai patterns--looks to such women as cosmetics mogul Helena Rubinstein. And Som, who showed gold velvet pedal pushers with delicately beaded chiffon blouses, is enamored of eccentric society women like Edith Sitwell...
...relatively stagnant. But the famous stout is fighting back by growing in markets like North America and Africa. Michael Bleakley, a beverage industry analyst with Credit Suisse First Boston in London, says of Guinness's global reach: "Everyone used to think that Heineken was the Coca-Cola of beers, but Guinness has cracked that now." That's an optimistic view: Guinness, the world's best-selling stout, cannot touch Budweiser or Heineken in sales. Still, how has a 245-year-old brewer kept its edge in the modern world? The brewery at St. James's Gate still suffuses whole neighborhoods...
Everyone used to think that Heineken was the Coca-Cola of beers, but Guinness has cracked that...
...initials CIA create a global brand name as recognizable as that of Coca-Cola. So it was no wonder that Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Pat Roberts got everyone's attention last week, when he proposed a U.S. intelligence overhaul so extensive that it would break up the Central Intelligence Agency and eliminate its name. George Tenet broke his silence as recently-retired Director of Central Intelligence to warn that the Roberts proposal "would result in the demoralization of a proud and extremely capable agency and less security for the American people... It is time for someone to slam the brakes...