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...complaints that its regular cup of joe is bitter, overroasted and "burnt." The criticisms are partly valid (the result of roasting beans black and leaving pots to sit around until they reduce to a 10W40-like sauce), partly not (the result of customers being wusses who don't like dark-roasted coffee). Pike Place aims to fix this through technique (Pike Place is not supposed to sit for more than 30 minutes) and blending (it aims for a lighter, brighter mix of beans). The aim is a cup that's more broadly friendly, less overwhelming, more (though they would probably...
...McDLT in a cup. And maybe it has to. Maybe, because of its own success, Starbucks has changed America into two consumeriats, one dedicated to their artisanal, fussy, shade-grown, Fair Trade microvarietals of Cafe Froufrou, and one that just wants a more competently made cup of not-too-dark, coffee-flavored coffee with their bagels and bear claws...
...north home full of Marimekko and had her first design produced when she was only 21, imagines her creations as "little children being sent out into the world." As for why her color combinations are so bold, she responds in a lilting accent, "It's so cold and dark, you need something delightful...
...events, as well as for the Senior Week events preceding it. Mailing after solicitous mailing about graduation memorabilia begs for seniors’ attention seniors are preoccupied with theses, the job search, and the application to graduate school. Other mailings are sent only to parents, leaving seniors in the dark about whether they want their diploma framed or a yearbook. It seems once again the message being sent is that this graduation is the one that ‘matters.’ Both high school and law school’s final day will pale in comparison...
...similar move. U.S. President George W. Bush called his Chinese counterpart Hu to urge Beijing to engage the Dalai Lama in a dialogue. Others could seek to distance themselves from the Games, if only as a precaution against "being seen on television dining with Chinese leaders as the dark reality of what's going on trickles out," as Bequelin puts it. For China, the fear is that what it hoped to keep invisible will become visible to everyone in the world...