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...Chocolate crème: 4 oz. Manjari chocolate (64% from Valrhona) 4 oz. Jivara chocolate (35% milk chocolate from Valrhona) 5 oz. cream 1 tbsp. glucose 1 oz. espresso beans ¼ tsp. kappa powder (seaweed powder) Pinch of xanthan gum 7 oz. mineral water...
...feel just a sliver less über than Buzz Bites, but if you're the type who pops morsels out of habit and has a sensitive system - or just likes chocolaty, chewy things - these offer a solid buzz without being overwhelming. I chomped on three squares in a deadline pinch, and my neck did a 90-degree snap to the computer screen. (Nota bene: When I took Uber Cubes in the morn in place of coffee, they acted like caffeinated Ex-Lax, as did the Buzz Bites; also, both curb hunger well on an empty stomach.) The tubular packaging...
...Mail deliveries, like hemlines, always drop in economic downturns. But the current pinch is worse than usual. One reason: the housing and financial sectors were once gold-star postal customers, but since their cash flows have slowed to a trickle, their direct-mail marketing campaigns have all but dried up. Mortgage direct mailings declined 57% from the first quarter of 2007 to the first quarter of 2008, according to the Chicago-based mail and advertising tracker Mintel Comperemedia. And credit card offers by mail sagged 28% from the third quarter of 2007 to the third quarter of 2008, dropping...
...unusual cold snap, political leaders are pressuring Moscow and Ukrainian capital Kiev to end the standoff and get the gas flowing again. Officials from the Czech Republic, which currently holds the presidency of the European Union and was one of the first nations affected by the gas pinch, denounced the Russian move as "absolutely unacceptable" and demanded that the two sides strike "an accord within the week...
...commitment to affordability has never been more critical for attracting students from working and middle class backgrounds. As Sally C. Donahue, the College’s director of financial aid, said, the new program “came at just the right time for families who were feeling the pinch...