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...complementary effect may be even more robust in the coffee trade. After Starbucks proved that plenty of customers will pay $4 for a soy-caramel machiatto, many local shops profited from selling equally fancy fare. Michael Thomas, co-owner of the Unicorn Cafe in Evanston, Ill., says that after a Starbucks opened across the street from his place in 1992, the increased customer traffic in the neighborhood helped him post his best year ever; his yearly revenues are up 40% since then. "We always felt guilty about raising prices," he says, "but Starbucks helps us do that from time...
...vocals, usually demure or arresting, harsh or sweetly harmonized, were frustratingly muffled by technical maladjustments. The women were unfazed: Tucker, coy and roaring in pink polka dots and fishnets; Weiss, vigilant with the beat; Brownstein, lean and robust, expertly brandishing her guitar...
...remember revolting at the obligatory lunches in whichever Chinatown my family found ourselves in while on vacations abroad. The twiddling of Chinese cuisine in an attempt to defer to a foreign palate never ceases to amuse me. Bold flavours, robust odors, all attenuated and toned down to a median of blandness. This dish, and seven others only remotely similar to it, sloshed over with the same all-purpose sauce. Or, more unscrupulously, a restaurateur exploiting the relative ignorance of his clientele and passing off slapdash imitations as the real thing...
...course, in these therapized days, reality can be a touchy subject. It's hard to accept that we may not be the best at something or that we genuinely screwed up or that low self-esteem can sometimes be fully justified. But maintaining a robust self-image while being able to absorb difficult criticism is surely worth the effort. It could lead to all sorts of strange occurrences: kids working harder, adults exercising self-control, thieves experiencing--yes--guilt, even grownup politicians taking full and painful responsibility for their actions and words. It's a pity that Torricelli still doesn...
WILENSKY: When the economy is sluggish, it gets your attention. But if the economy were to rebound and be robust, you'd see more tolerance on the employer side and on the employee side for some additional increase in health-care costs...