Word: cow
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...Number of cows quarantined by Japan because they were raised with a bull that died last month of mad-cow disease; it was the country's eighth confirmed case of the disease...
...espresso drinks that would have paid for an early childhood education program. I wondered, for a moment, why someone would get so hung up about a miniscule tax that would have funded such an impeccably good cause. But of course, this was a tax on coffee, a sacred cow in the cradle of Starbucks, and this man, a cafe owner, took advantage of that sentiment to protect his profits. People like him managed to convince the rest of Seattle that this tax was an assault on their culture and to disregard the actual merits of the policy. Which brings...
...with Napster: distribute low price music online. And they know perfectly well that, even if lawsuits could stop the sharing, people would never go back to buying CD's. They are just trying to buy two or three years in which to keep milking the high price CD cow, before giving it up. But even this limited attempt is going to fail. Alberto Rezza Italy...
...novel that he sometimes goes astray. Some of the sharpest words concern Clint Smoker's odious tabloid, the Lark. What was in a terrorist group's "dirty bomb?"an editor asks. "Radioactive medical waste, Chief, plus ringworm, West Nile virus, liquid gangrene and a cladding of mad cow." The bombing story is squeezed out by news of a man injured outside a kiddies' swimming pool when he is caught watching too closely and flees with his pants round his ankles. Headline: Pervs Him Right. Yellow Dog isn't just about language; it's also about Amis, and the predicament...
...Global marketers still have to cater to Indian tastes, which can take some doing. Just ask Vikram Bakshi, managing director of McDonald's India. When McDonald's opened its first outlet in 1996, it had to toss out much of its standard menu: Hindus consider a cow sacred and won't eat beef. Bakshi tried introducing India-friendly alternatives. In place of the classic Big Mac, Bakshi offered a burger with mutton patties, christening it the Maharaja Mac after India's princely historic rulers. The sandwich flopped and was pulled from the menu...