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Entitled “The Gamble,” the nail-biting ritual ends with either a standing ovation or a pie to one of the Brothers’ faces, depending on how adeptly they can adopt the surprise items into their juggling...

Author: By Amelia E. Lester and Simon W. Vozick-levinson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Puns, Politics and Lots of Flying Balls | 8/6/2004 | See Source »

...away crowd of 38,000), and how many to allocate to each of the various roles (ticket selling, spruiking, ushering, supervising). The club's contracted caterer, Spotless, is another interested party: it stocks its outer-ground food outlets according to trusted ratios: 1 in 4 patrons buys a pie; 1 in 5 hot chips...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haunt of Heroes | 7/29/2004 | See Source »

Consumers, however, seem to have stood by Stewart. Passikoff explains that, while Stewart's image may have been important in marketing the magazine, it isn't essential to sell a rug or a pie plate. In fact, sales of Martha Stewart--brand sheets, towels and dishes through K Mart have risen 6.5% since Stewart's conviction, according to a report by Bear Stearns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Martha's Endgame | 7/26/2004 | See Source »

...essential viewing. Filmed at 1,000 frames a second then played back in excruciating slow motion, a succession of sitters have food thrown in their face - custard, pasta, tomato sauce - offering but a hand or squint in self-defence. Audiences better get used to it. "2004" is a visual pie fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Pulse | 7/6/2004 | See Source »

...question should not be who gets the biggest slice of the pie,” he said, “but rather how can we grow the pie...

Author: By Risheng Xu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: CEO Talks Trade-Offs to HBS Grads | 6/10/2004 | See Source »

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