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...take a genius to sell chicken in China, but steak chalupas and chili cheese burritos? Yum's latest effort is a Chinese iteration of Taco Bell in Shanghai, where the company is trying to repeat its KFC and Pizza Hut success with Mexican fare. Little of the Taco Bell formula has been imported from the U.S. The Shanghai outlet, which opened last May, is called Taco Bell Grande. It's a fancier, sit-down restaurant, a concept that is gaining traction in China with the popularity of T.G.I. Friday's, the Hard Rock Cafe and Tony Roma's. Not surprisingly...
...based on SAT scores and 1/3 based on class rank—that players need in order to be considered for acceptance. They also reduced the number of football players that can be recruited per year. The Harvard College admissions website says, “There is no formula for gaining admission to Harvard,” but that seems to only apply if you’re not a football player...
...were seeking; Crowley ran Ken's, a small bottling plant outside Boston that made bottled dressing for Ken's Steakhouse, a modest Boston restaurant, and a private-label dressing for Stop & Shop. Kalman arranged to meet with Crowley at Boston's Logan Airport, but first he needed the formula for the dressing. Paul was packing to go someplace, but before taking off, he paused to scribble the ingredients for the dressing on a brown paper bag, which is what Kalman showed Crowley at the airport meeting...
Andy later explained to us that since the formula did not contain gums and chemical chelating agents, it would spoil in a short time; he urged us to add some of the chemicals that would fix its longevity. We refused. But to Andy's surprise, after testing, his chemists concluded that since Paul's dressing consisted of oil and vinegar and contained mustard, those elements combined to form a natural gum. We were elated with this lucky happenstance, but Andy presented us with another problem. We did not have EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) in our formula, which was thought...
...been one of the last albums recorded during the Clinton administration—focusing on the importance of the “Everyday” as a possible route to progress. Lyrics like “pick me up love…everyday” seemed to offer a formula for advancing ourselves now that the country was, broadly speaking, in order. It was the new millennium, time to get cracking on personal and spiritual growth...