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...early next year. In Canada, where Tim's is bigger than McDonald's (2,492 stores vs. 1,375), the 41-year-old company dominates many small- and medium-size markets; it hopes to do the same in cities like Dayton, Ohio, and Detroit. Part coffee-and-doughnut joint, part sub shop, Tim's is confining its U.S. growth to the Northeast and Midwest, close to its base of operations in Ontario and with just enough stormy weather to keep management smiling. "It's no secret that coffee sales are better when it's cold and miserable," says Chris Laganos...
...call it a war, then you think of people in uniform as being the solution." RICHARD B. MYERS, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, explaining why the Bush Administration is replacing the phrase "global war on terror" with "global struggle against violent extremism...
...then on July 26, the skies burst. A meter of monsoon rain fell on Saki Naka in 24 hours, causing the 30-m cliff behind the Afzad family home to collapse. Around 25 shacks perched on top of the precipice fell onto another 25 nestled below, according to Bombay Joint Chief Fire Officer G.S. Sawant. The landslide killed 150 people, including Afzad's parents, three teenage sisters and his 12-year-old brother...
...University said a joint committee of the Corporation and the Board of Overseers would begin searching for a new board member. With the departure of the only African-American member and with only one woman, Nannerl O. Keohane, currently serving on the board, the University may face pressure on campus to replace Harper with another minority or a woman...
...monsoon rain fell on Saki Naka in 24 hours. Under the weight, the 30-meter cliff behind the Afzad family home collapsed. The approximately 25 shacks that had perched on top of the cliff fell onto another 25, which, like the Afzad's, were nestled below, according to Bombay Joint Chief Fire Officer G.S. Sawant. The landslide killed 150 people, including Afzad's parents, three teenage sisters, and his 12-year-old brother...