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...image that its customers had of the company. But, Starbuck's brand has escaped the damage of the layoff of 12,000 employees, relatively unscathed, if the modest drop in traffic is an indication. The lesson is that people will visit a beautiful home even if the owner has evicted his own mother as long as the home is well managed, and the company and cuisine at dinner are excellent...
...stunning result, the winner of the third annual TIME 100 poll and new owner of the title World's Most Influential Person is moot. The 21-year-old college student and founder of the online community 4chan.org, whose real name is Christopher Poole, received 16,794,368 votes and an average influence rating of 90 (out of a possible 100) to handily beat the likes of Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin and Oprah Winfrey. To put the magnitude of the upset in perspective, it's worth noting that everyone moot beat out actually...
...wedding party, some guests speculated that the grim news might be a ploy by the government, "maybe a big devaluation [is on the way] and they want to distract us," said a hotel owner in Acapulco. An accountant at the event said, "Who can believe these people? They always lie." At the same time, however, everyone was glued to the latest. Another guest read out from his Blackberry, driving everybody crazy with minute by minute bulletins. "Maybe this time is true," he said. "the U.S. Embassy is closing until, at the moment, Wednesday, and they do not do that." Then...
...Played the starring role in every musical put on by your drama department, check out the Freshman Musical, Recall! (Agassiz Theatre, 8 p.m., $5). The premise is beefy enough: the son of a meat factory owner falls in love with a vegan girl. There’s also The Quad, which is advertised as an original rock musical (Loeb Ex Theatre, 11 p.m., free). It’s unclear what the show’s actually about, but it seems angsty enough...
Despite some panic buying, there are no immediate signs of anyone fleeing Mexico City. Shop owner Humberto Garcia says that he is not worried about getting the virus himself. "I'm strong, I'll resist it," he says, flexing his arm muscles. Architect Maria Aguilera, 31, is also unmoved. "People are just freaking out a bit," she says. However, government worker Victor Mondragon, 45, says he may vacate the city in the next few days. "I want to see how bad this thing is," he says. "If thousands start dropping dead, then I am going to run for my life...