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That campaign has borne little fruit, in part because Wal-Mart's wages are competitive with those paid by rivals such as Kmart and Target. Wal-Mart offers health benefits, and its stock plan has been a wealth builder for many lower-level employees, at least until the market crashed. Still, Wal-Mart is regarded as offering ample opportunities for advancement. Charlyn Jarrells Porter, who heads the Wal-Mart division that deals with personnel issues, says two-thirds of its managers come from the ranks of store associates, which is what Wal-Mart calls all employees. This year the company...
...company ended its relationship last year with its longtime outside-buying organization and hired hundreds of that firm's employees to start rounding up fruit and salmon from South America and $6 billion a year in goods from China--everything from clothing to televisions to fans. Wal-Mart has opened 21 offices around the world to oversee its factories...
...most popular fruit in North America, the apple has been cultivated for more than 3,000 years and has been historically important in a variety of ways. Newlyweds in the 7th century B.C. shared an apple as a symbol of a fruitful union; Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, was frequently represented holding an apple; and, of course, the apple was the forbidden fruit that got Adam and Eve expelled. But in the past few decades, in the U.S. at least, the apple has been trying to get back into our good graces...
...gives me something to do. The closest I come to cheating happens one afternoon in the spa while undergoing a papaya body-wrap treat-ment. As I lie mari-nating in the pulpy, orange goop, I realize that with a little bend-ing, I could eat the for-bidden fruit slathered on my shoulder. I resist. I'm not hungry, only bored...
...bite his arm off!" The author might be tempted. Although he has plans for another novel next, Rushdie says he's enjoying the rehearsal process so much, he may write an original play sometime in the future. And, if new discussions for a movie of Midnight's Children bear fruit - Rushdie says one Hollywood studio is sending people to see a preview of the play in London and another is reading the script - he might even resurrect his long-dormant acting ambitions: "I shall insist on a role!" In the meantime, he's looking forward to the opening...