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...game musical preparation: "Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers practiced their twelve minutes of music for at least twelve hours, while the technical aspects of the program-from the logistics of rolling the stage on and off the field to the roles of the hundreds of extras to the places of the pyrotechnics-were practiced even more without the band on hand. Even Jordin Sparks' rendition of the National Anthem-two minutes and nine seconds long-was practiced again and again...
...resale value of a stadium's worth of tickets exceeds $500 million, or that Americans consume eight million pounds of guacamole on game day? - that enliven the organizational challenge of carrying off the world's biggest bash without a hitch. The choice to ignore the superstars on the field in favor of the game's unsung laborers is a refreshing angle, even if he seems half-ready to douse them in Gatorade. Readers' reactions will likely hinge on whether they consider the Super Bowl the apotheosis of sport or of marketing. For many, the game - whose broadcast reaches some...
...consumer or someone who is looking for a treat? That's why the brand has had difficulty." Responds new CEO James White, an ex-Safeway executive who took over Jamba eight weeks ago: "From a historical perspective, that may be exactly right. But the current management team on the field, with its deep CPG [consumer products goods] experience, knows how to do this work. We've worked on the best brands on the planet. We're very confident we know what to do to turn around the company." White scoffs at talk that Jamba is on the ropes...
...largest auto market may not have to be put off by years while it develops models that would be attractive to U.S. consumers. A government-supported initiative to sell vehicles in America would allow one or more of the car firms on the mainland to play on the same field that helped Toyota (TM) and Honda (HMC) build themselves into two of the largest companies in the world...
Yaser Alwadeya wanders past a field strewn with the remnants of gaily painted ice cream carts, which were shredded by a blizzard of shrapnel. He enters the blackened innards of the Al Ameer factory, which once manufactured Gaza's tastiest ice cream and popsicles. Shaking his head, he says, "I can't figure out why the Israelis thought that Hamas had anything to do with ice cream...