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...sedan, a racy roadster, a minivan that no degree of swishy styling will sex up. Of course, carmakers try their best to convince consumers otherwise, producing performance editions, limited editions, two- and four-door flavors of the same model. It's done for the same reason we have Cherry Coke and a gazillion spinoffs of Law & Order ? everyone wants to maximize their "brand value." And this is especially true if you're in a capital intensive business like auto manufacturing, and your products stay on the market for years before they're refreshed...
...limousine - to the 16th Century Villa Madama for a leisurely lunch with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. During the photo session, the notably bronzed Berlusconi sucked in his midriff. Then he and Mrs. Bush went into lunch and the press milled about before being taken to a room with casserole, Coke and a few electrical outlets...
...cold day in Ottawa last week, Stephen Harper sauntered into the fifth-floor cafeteria in Parliament's Centre Block and ordered a cheeseburger, a Coke and a Caesar salad. He loaded the food onto his tray and, as he does most lunchtimes, headed back to his office. As ever, Harper projected the image of a cerebral, shy, slightly standoffish man, a politician who has never seemed quite at home in boisterous Ottawa. Yet there was one thing changed in his routine: next to Harper stood two bulky plainclothes bodyguards. You get them when...
Millions of people around the world find Coca-Cola to be enticingly sweet, but the University of Michigan’s recent behavior in dealing with Coke should leave a sickeningly bitter taste in the mouths of more responsible institutions. Two groups, Corporate Accountability International and the Campaign to Stop Killer Coke have accused the company of complicity in the deaths of eight union leaders and the continuing harassment of union workers in Colombia. According to the Campaign to Stop Killer Coke, which is run by the International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF) and the Colombian labor union SINALTRAINAL, among other...
COCAINE The coke party started late for most boomers--not until the 1980s--but when it hit, it hit hard. Even cocaine apologists admit that the drug is dangerously addictive and sometimes lethal. Coke-triggered strokes and heart attacks--both of which can occur in people with no known cardiovascular disease--are the real deal, caused by the sudden elevation of blood pressure and spasms of vessels. "The damage can be done suddenly and acutely," says Raicht, "or slowly and chronically...