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CHARLESTON, S.C.—Sen. John Edwards captured a must-win victory here last night, capturing the South Carolina Democratic primary by a margin of 15 points over Sen. John F. Kerry, his nearest competitor...
...ever with L'Oreal, innovation is as likely to dominate the company's thinking as where to find the next group of willing consumers. In 2002 L'Oreal spent $594 million on research--about 3% of turnover and double that of its nearest rivals. In the stark laboratory not far from the Paris headquarters, for example, scientists are coming at the dermis from both sides--developing skin products that are applied externally as well as those that are ingested. High above the earth, a European space-agency satellite is transmitting data to L'Oreal about where global-pollution levels...
...might have been the sound of wheels spinning in mud, or perhaps the chattering whine of a tortured transmission. Or it might have been the increasingly loud imprecations I was directing at my driver. Whatever the cause, we had suddenly become the focus of several hundred wild elephants. Those nearest began to stomp toward us, thumping their trunks on the ground...
Larry, you’re a better man than I. If I had been in his shoes, I would have grabbed the nearest reporter and launched into a diatribe not much different from that which I’ve already engaged in above—except that my adjectives would have been a bit more “colorful...
...that’s always been Fitzgerald’s style. His jaw-dropping catches are followed by the commendable routine of flipping the ball to the nearest official and heading back to the huddle. No silly dances, no childish taunting, he just lines back up and gets ready to amaze once again. His complete lack of selfishness and devotion to the team led him to convince the Pittsburgh athletic department not to engage in a full-scale media blitz, which has become commonplace among schools with Heisman finalists. He would let his play on the field sway the minds...