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...young couple photographs each other in front of it, beer cans in hand. The Dikii family, visiting from Tambov, Russia, stops to talk to the policeman at the tomb. "So is he going to be buried?," the father, Vladimir, asks. With a laugh, the policeman explains that a hydraulic lift lowers the corpse into the ground every night to keep it cool. The family is impressed. They are all for keeping Lenin where he is. "He turned the country upside down," Vladimir says. "People want to have a look...
...more to Pernod Ricard's global revenues, reaching about $7 billion in 2004 sales. Says Bord: "Premium is growing in all categories" --one reason Pernod Ricard decided to ride the industry's wave of consolidation and, in the process, doubled its U.S. sales. Pernod thinks it can lift sales growth of the acquired brands--including Malibu, Kahlua, Ballantine's and Beefeater--from 3% to match the 9% rate Pernod is getting out of the rest of its portfolio...
...probably possible to lead an inactive life and still experience healthy aging, but it isn't likely. Almost all the healthy seniors I know were physically active throughout life, and many of them still are. They walk, dance, play golf, swim, lift weights, do yoga...
High schools are in a position to provide better information to more of the population than the “he said, she said” currently relied upon by most high school students and even adults. They’re in a position to lift the puritanical veil of secrecy off of sexuality and espouse some real information—information that can help those who are already sexually active to be safe, and those who aren’t yet active to be safe and comfortable in the future...
...remains a problem for GM; it isn't cool like Toyota's Scion, prized for its reliability like Honda or renowned for its engineering like BMW. Not even Oprah's giveaway of 276 G6 sedans to her TV studio audience, which generated a trunkload of press, did much to lift sales...