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...right now, at graduations," Nader ventured, "and sporting events and churches." Someone else proposed canvassing obvious lefty hangouts like vegan restaurants and bookstore cafes. The volunteers briefly debated waylaying people on bike paths, and then decided doing so would probably annoy them. But Nader's Virginia campaign coordinator, Jim Polk, knew where to find a mother lode of registered voters willing to put their names on a Nader petition. "Truck pulls," Polk said, patting his well-traveled clipboard as he suggested a quintessential red-state event. "People think they're doing George Bush a favor if they sign these...
Unilever is investing more aggressively than most in carb counting. It rushed the Carb Options line--the company's largest brand launch in two years--to market in a blistering 12 months, half the usual time for new products. Mike Polk, chief operating officer of Unilever Bestfoods North America, predicts that sales of low-carb packaged foods will almost double, to $700 million, this year and will rise to $1 billion in 2005. "We want to be a big share of that market," he says. One reason that Unilever is embracing low carbs is that its Slim-Fast line...
...Jayden Klunk, 3. The third of eight children, Small saw his son every other weekend. But to further his own education and, he hoped, earn more money to support Jayden, Small enrolled in the Army in 2001. He and his wife Amanda, at right, were posted to Fort Polk, La., which meant that he would see a lot less of Jayden. Then in April of this year, Small was shipped off to Iraq. He was proud to serve his country and received word that he might be promoted while in the Persian Gulf. On July 3, he died from...
Penn senior Alison Polk-Williams rifled a pass from behind the goal to Lindsey Cassidy, who powered a shot past Harvard junior goalie Laura Mancini to tie the game with just 21 minutes to play...
...Polk-Williams then bounced a free position shot into the lower left corner of the net 71 seconds later to put Penn...