Word: dingdong
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...actually live right near the farm, and because the largely African-American neighborhood is the only area in Los Angeles to have lost jobs since 1992, the locals are on Horowitz's side: they'd rather raze the farm and build a warehouse. "We don't need some dingdong like Daryl Hannah going on TV and saying people need fresh air," says city councilwoman Jan Perry. "They also need jobs." An urban planner, Perry points out, would spread the community gardening money around the whole city instead of jamming it all into one area. Plus, Perry is intently focused...
...Dingdong. Avon, the world's largest direct seller of beauty products, is calling on teens like Prickett to peddle Mark, a new line targeted at women ages 16 to 24. Remarkably, it's the first time in Avon's 117-year history that the $6 billion company has launched a major youth movement. Until now, the cosmetics giant's core customer has been 35 or older. "We want to capture a younger customer, bring in new reps and create a new global youth brand," says Deborah I. Fine, president of Avon Future, the division that's launching Mark...