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Despite the current momentum, legislation to restrict junk food has faltered at the state level. But reforms are taking off in individual districts like Los Angeles, which voted in August to ban sodas by 2004, and Philadelphia, which rejected a $43 million exclusive contract with Coca-Cola...
...child in soviet Ukraine, Wladimir Klitschko was so enamored of all things American that he sniffed the carbonated air from a bootlegged bottle of Coca-Cola to "smell" the free world. "We felt then like Robinson Crusoe on his desert island," says Klitschko, 26. Now, having visited the U.S. more than 100 times on his way to becoming one of the world's top boxers, Klitschko has grown accustomed to another fragrance - the sweet smell of success...
...enjoying himself, "I don't want to be fighting 10 years from now," he says. "I don't want to be 48 and still in the ring like George Foreman." Klitschko cites Max Schmeling, the 1930s German boxing legend who retired at 33 and set up a Coca-Cola franchise in Hamburg after the war, as an inspiration. Klitschko is considering going into business or politics after his fighting career, and doesn't rule out returning to Ukraine to forge a career in government. With his present fame in his homeland, where he has helped finance the reconstruction...
...mortar with salt, olive oil, and spices. Harissa is one of the foundations of all North African cooking, and it’s excellent at Baraka Café. You’d be well-advised to order harissa alone as a meze ($3.50), and forgo the Karentika. The Zaatar Coca ($4.50)—a hand-stretched bread, grilled over a fire, then sprinkled with herbs and piled with fantastically sweet caramelized onions—is also a must-order...
...wake of a CNN report, 5 million more provisional orders poured in from the Middle East. "The goal is not to compete with another soft drink, or to reject an American one," says Mathlouthi. Instead, he pledges that 10% of his profits will go to Palestinian charities. Coca-Cola is unlikely to be too philanthropic toward Mecca-Cola, whose logo seems familiar. Coca-Cola representatives say they're "looking into" any similarity. But the company is famous for defending its trademarks; while Mecca-Cola says its targets are elsewhere, Coke's lawyers might already be seeing red. THE BOURSE...