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...Dine Originals president Don Luria. But hard knocks have turned indie rivals into sympathetic allies. Skyrocketing food, energy and health-care costs have cut into independents' bottom line, while national chains, from Applebee's to Morton's, have been expanding at every price level at the expense of the joint on the corner. According to the NPD Group, traffic share for major and small chains has grown to 69% of overall restaurant visits this year, having gained 1 percentage point a year for the past five years. Meanwhile, independents' share has steadily dropped over the same period...
...Joint marketing has long been the cornerstone of local chapters, which use the Dine Originals banner to remind customers that money spent at local restaurants stays in the community, supports local farms and promotes the region's unique culinary taste. Now Dine Originals members are getting more creative with their marketing. Michael Klauber, owner of Michael's On East in Sarasota, Fla., and president of the largest Dine Originals chapter, struck a deal with local suppliers to get a small discount on purchases to be used for joint marketing. "I told them the more they help us fill seats...
...athletes used poor judgment, behaved irresponsibly, and will be held accountable for their actions,” Murphy said. Lane, at tight end who saw action in just one game last year, and Velissaris, a defensive back who played in all but one contest in 2005, issued a joint statement via e-mail explaining the altercation. “We both feel bad that this incident ever took place. The physical altercation was initiated by the bus driver, and was a result of a verbal dispute that took place while [James] was trying to board...
...been a producer of it," the official said. Hayden, who entered active duty in 1969 and is the highest-ranking military intelligence officer in the armed forces, has been Director of the National Security Agency, Commander of the Air Intelligence Agency and Director of the Joint Command and Control Warfare Center. Hayden has bachelor's and master's degrees from Duquesne University. His first assignment was in January 1970 as an analyst and briefer at the headquarters of the Strategic Air Command at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. That was a classic Cold War post, and he now will...
...really unique in comparison to other universities and other kinds of communities,” she says. She applied for music lessons through the OFA’s subsidy program, and during one year helped to produce the Arts First Guide. Carlisle is graduating with a degree from a joint special concentration in ethnomusicology in partnership with the Folklore and Mythology department; her thesis was appropriately written on a folk festival. She will also be the Undergraduate Speaker at the June 8 Commencement. After graduation, Carlisle will stay connected to Harvard as a Masters’ Assistant in Quincy House...