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...determine whether Starbucks and McDonald's customers are the same or different species, I turned to Hitwise data. With the assumption that I'd glean some information about each camp's patronage by investigating who visited the fast-food chains' respective websites, I compared their demographics. Here's what I found. Visitors to Starbucks.com skew female: Starbucks' website has 8.3% more female visitors than does the McDonald's site. While McDonalds.com visitors cluster in the 18-to-34 age range, Starbucks owns the 35-to-44-year-old group. There's also a clear income gap between the two: McDonald...
...Although our artists may not draw the highest prices, they glean prizes and international recognition. Buren won Japan's Praemium Imperiale for painting in 2007, Christian Boltanski received it for sculpture in 2006, and Annette Messager won the Golden Lion at the 2005 Venice Biennale...
...bother," advised a local acquaintance. "Those handicrafts aren't really made by them." That, it appeared, was the only local information I would glean about the Hmong of Laos...
...casualties were killed on Memorial Day, and beyond the irony, what's important is how eight of them perished. They weren't carrying out Petraeus's orders to mingle with local Iraqis in an effort to foster trust and glean tips on the insurgency. Rather, a pair of them died when their OH-58D Kiowa scout helicopter crashed 60 miles north of Baghdad - and six more were killed in roadside bombings as they rushed to the aid of the downed chopper crew. The Pentagon hasn't said whether the helicopter was hit by hostile fire, but the fact that rescuers...
...applicants who have overcome financial hardships, and ZIP codes form just one piece of the puzzle. In some cases, applicants also share information about their family’s financial situation in essays or interviews. With the help of Harvard economists, admissions officers use micro-level Census data to glean “further information about candidates’ socioeconomic backgrounds,” according to financial aid director Sally C. Donahue...