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...said. “Virtually every cocoa tree in the world makes a high-flavonol cocoa, but human beings have intervened to make [cocoa] taste better and they’ve gotten rid of the flavonols.” Confectionery giant Mars, a multinational corporation that produces a slew of candies including M&M’s, is already rushing to fill that niche. Mars recently debuted a new brand of chocolate snacks called Cocoavia, which is advertised to be high in flavonols, according to the Mars website. Mars sponsored Hollenberg’s research and its Chief Science Officer...
...measured by revenue, which was formed in 2002 out of what was left of the French, Belgian, Luxembourgian and Spanish steel industries. Mittal, 55, is the Indian-born chairman of the world's biggest producer of steel, Mittal Steel, which he built up over the past decade with a slew of acquisitions, in the process making a fortune for himself estimated at $25 billion. The two men have known each other for years and, as board members of the steelmakers' international trade group, meet regularly to discuss industry-wide issues. But on Jan. 13, after predinner drinks in Mittal...
Stand-up comedians can be counted on to cope with the unexpected. With real actors, you never know. In 1973 Charlton Heston was to deliver the opening remarks, but his car had a flat tire. Clint Eastwood was dragged on camera to read a slew of Moses jokes written for Heston. The next year, with David Niven as co-host, a streaker ran across the stage. Niven quipped, "Probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings...
...Impress your friends and family with Olympics trivia! Along with the latest happenings from the 2006 games, this fan site provides Web surfers with a slew of background information on Olympics history. http://www.janecky.com/olympics/wintergames/2006w.html
Okrent came to the Times in late 2003, in the wake of the scandal that began with a slew of fabrications by reporter Jayson Blair and culminated with change atop the newspaper’s masthead and an experiment with the ombudsman-like position of public editor...