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...manages that activity from the offices of MK Promotion - the unit overseeing marketing, communications and design questions for all Airness-branded products, located off Paris' Champs Elysées, a long way from the banlieues. Despite his success, Koné has not forgotten his roots, or the slim chances of escaping the housing projects. MK Promotion recruits new hires from qualified job seekers from the projects who are on the dole, and provides help with business and social projects to banlieue youths. "Contrary to what most people think, we get less requests for funding than we do for advice...
...Opportunities for studying outside your room during those years were slim to non-existent,” says Levin. “The basement under Memorial Chapel was opened to freshmen. There was clearly a need for extended library access...
...that it wants talks with Washington to resolve the standoff. And the Administration's previous insistence that the U.S. joining the process would somehow undermine the EU's diplomacy didn't seem very credible as long as those same EU players were arguing that their chances of success were slim without the U.S. at the table...
...1980s, General Mills realized that the real Americans eating their yogurt from those slim, tapered cups were women in their 20s and 30s. A low-fat version of the Original followed in 1987. Sales soured in the early 1990s as yogurt struggled to define itself as an everyday snack and dessert, although many consumers saw it more as just a diet food. Eventually, consumer tastes caught up with yogurt's image, and a growing concern for fitness turned yogurt into what Sanger calls "a lifestyle badge...
...brewed coffee from the dining hall contains about 100 milligrams (mg) of caffeine, as opposed to an 8.2 ounce can of Red Bull which has about 80 mg. Interestingly, Diet Coke outweighs regular Coke by a score of 46 mg to 34, so those looking to stay slim should plan on staying up a little later. Though it might be tempting to get out of an exam by making yourself sick by ingesting too much caffeine, that would be pretty much impossible. Somebody (a desperate pre-med, perhaps?) looking to achieve a fatal overdose would need to sit down...