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...life of their own. Seeking to publicize the skin-care benefits of grooming products made with local mineral-rich mud, the South Korean city of Boryeong staged a small "mud festival" in 1998. Eight years later, the annual Boryeong Mud Festival, mudfestival.or.kr, sees a staggering 1.5 million visitors flock to the normally sleepy seaside destination for a week of gooey fun. Located 200 km (or about a two-hour bus ride) from Seoul, on the[an error occurred while processing this directive] country's west coast, Boryeong is home to the soft and seemingly endless Daecheon Beach. From July...
...Afonza and his wife and child managed to escape to the hill. Last week he was still in hiding, but receiving treatment for the wounds on his back and neck. Goat breeder Lemos Pires says he'd been watching his flock when he heard shooting. "I saw Lito running," he says. "There is shooting, and then Lito fell over." Pires says he confronted the soldiers. "I said to them, You are worse than the Indonesians...
...Philadelphia, Tempe, Ariz., and Chicago, are thriving, but as the company tries to move from small-business start-up to national franchise, Roth has had to leave the fun and games aside to face a looming challenge for every new retail concept: once your idea proves itself, competitors flock, knowing that the initial risk has been taken. Roth is now facing serial cereal challengers--he calls them copycats--that have popped up looking for their own bite of this emerging restaurant segment. And like siblings squabbling over the last bowl of Froot Loops, the eateries are getting into a messy...
...Nike ads on U.S. English-language broadcasts of the games. The company will also be the sole footwear sponsor on three popular soccer sites: ESPN Soccernet, Soccer on Yahoo! and FIFAWorldcup.com the official site. With the U.S. six to nine hours behind German prime time, distracted workers will flock online for the latest scores. Boasts Simon Atkins, director of marketing communications for Adidas America: "We're heading Nike off at the pass everywhere it turns...
...many, the notion of service permeates our undergraduate years, as we flock to Phillips Brooks House Association Programs, issue advocacy groups, partisan campaign trips, and Institute of Politics study groups, turning to each in the belief that we should enter Harvard not only to grow in our own wisdom, but to use the knowledge and skills we gain here to work for our vision of a better world...