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When Oprah sets out to do something, she does it with zeal - whether that means attaching her name to a hit Broadway musical (The Color Purple), storming the campaign trail on behalf of her favorite presidential candidate or launching the most influential book club in publishing history (her latest pick, Uwem Akpan's Say You're One of Them, was shipped to bookstores just last week). So when even the hint of a possible Oprah Winfrey Film Club arose at this year's Toronto Film Festival, reporters took note. "A film club," the TV icon said in response...
...Kokang minority, sending some 30,000 refugees spilling into neighboring China. Now other ethnic militias who control various jigsaw-puzzle pieces of northeastern Burma - the Kachin, the Wa, the Eastern Shan - are reinforcing their ragged armies and playing a terrifying guessing game: Who's next on the junta's hit list? (Read "A Closer Look at Burma's Ethnic Minorities...
...celebrate. Two years later, Coke and Pepsi were targeted by a study from an NGO called the Center for Science and Environment (CSE)--a group focused on environmental-sustainability issues--which alleged that samples of the companies' drinks tested high for pesticide residue. Both firms' sales and reputations were hit hard. In a rare moment of solidarity, Pepsi and Coca-Cola held a joint press conference attacking the NGO. The claims were raised again in 2006, and annual sales of carbonated drinks shrank. An expert panel appointed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare later found problems with...
...remained focused on sales volume, selling soda in small bottles for as little as 15˘. It just introduced a 355-ml bottle--a little more than half the size of its more traditional plastic bottle--for 35˘ in places like the southern coastal provinces, which have been hard hit by the slowdown in exports. Coke's China president, Doug Jackson, says he'll take what he can get in a tough economy. "If you have a little less kuai in your pocket," he says, using the colloquial word for Chinese currency, "folks look for where do I save that...
...knew it was a tough offense coming in.”And though Harvard controlled the clock in the first possession, the Crimson ended the first quarter with just 6:57 of possession time to the Crusaders’ 8:03.Just before time expired in the first frame, Randolph hit Nick Cole for a 21-yard touchdown pass. Harvard had held the advantage for the larger part of the quarter, but after Rick Dornfried’s successful extra point attempt, Holy Cross took a lead that it would not relinquish.Midway through the second period, Randolph exhibited his versatility, taking...