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...Kraft CEO Irene Rosenfeld, whose company makes such hardly wholesome fare as bacon, macaroni and cheese, and frozen pizza, the opportunity to buy Danone's cookie business was too tempting to resist. "It will increase our presence in snacks--our fastest-growing global segment--and transform our international business," she says...
...there are low-power strategies too, and one of the most effective ones is humor. It's awfully hard to resist the charms of someone who can make you laugh, and families abound with stories of last-borns who are the clowns of the brood, able to get their way simply by being funny or outrageous. Birth-order scholars often observe that some of history's great satirists-Voltaire, Jonathan Swift, Mark Twain-were among the youngest members of large families, a pattern that continues today. Faux bloviator Stephen Colbert-who yields to no one in his ability...
...wear loafers, sans socks, while skateboarding to class...please, don’t breed. Also, +11 8) Do you keep missing the shuttle because you wear stilettos every day, but have never managed to learn to walk in them? +3 9) Are you unable to resist flaunting your extraordinary night vision by wearing your Ray-Bans inside? +6 10) Do you still wear multiple polo shirts at a time, all collars popped? Because that’s just sad. +0 Scoring Guide: 0-5: Congratulations! Your few sartorial quirks are inoffensive enough to seem charming, instead of a symptom...
...left singing accompanied only by one instrument. The ukulele of “The Penalty” comes like a cleansing sorbet after the decadence of the previous songs. “Un Dernier Verre (Pour La Route)” begins simply, but Condon can’t resist indulging in his horns. Most of the record’s songs are waltzes; most feature the same full horn section, accordion, and Condon’s slow, bittersweet voice (think a higher-register Stephin Merritt). The effect isn’t unpleasant—but the album works best...
...tiny proportion of the self-help market, but perhaps a growing one. A search on www.amazon.com for “that bitch” brings up the recent publication and also “How to Get Over That Bitch and Grow Balls They Can’t Resist: The Masculine Way to Love, Leave & Attract Women,” written by a former male escort and his current wife. The authors of “That Bitch” do plan to tap into the larger, more lucrative market of female self-help readers with a follow-up called?...