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...This is probably supposed to convey the idea that Richard is reaping the rewards of his brand-new attitude--if you're open to new experiences, they'll come to you--but it plays as one cloying Candyland coincidence after another. When he sees a woman crying in a supermarket--Richard only ever meets cute--he sits her down, listens to her problems, engages in witty repartee with her and thus rehydrates his dried-out emotional palette. Never mind that the main reason people respond to Richard seems to be that he has unlimited amounts of time and money...
Seen schmoozing in a pricey Tribeca loft: supermarket magnate Ron Burkle, whom the New York Post's gossip column Page Six has called a "party-boy billionaire," and Page Six contributor Jared Paul Stern. Also present, but unknown to Stern: an FBI agent and a video camera. They were there to record what Burkle--who had chafed at uncomplimentary and, he thought, untrue items about him in the column--believed was a $220,000 shakedown for kid-glove coverage. The FBI believed it too: the agency has launched a probe into extortion allegations...
...Alexander Leaf, an emeritus professor of clinical medicine at Harvard. “You won’t have to change your diet, but you will be getting what you need.” A number of obstacles remain before the research can move from the lab to the supermarket. Scientists are still uncertain as to whether Omega-3s will have the same benefits when eaten in pork. And Jing X. Kang, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and lead author of the study, said that the level of Omega-3s in the pigs...
...trips to Klamath Falls to carry out missionary work. As they had in the past, Sister Helena Maria (her church name), 53, and Sister Mary Louise, 52, checked into a Best Western motel. On Saturday, Aug. 31, they spent the evening proselytizing and selling religious items outside an Albertsons supermarket...
...care about social labeling (if you have ever been to ABC, then you will understand),” wrote Raymond J. Fisman, a visiting professor from the Columbia School of Business, in an e-mail. Hiscox said he is planning to undertake a major social labelling experiment with a supermarket chain in Italy, which caters to a broad swath of Italian society. While the study’s conclusion appears to contradict established thinking about consumer preferences and price, Eileen Kohl-Kaufman, executive director at Social Accountability International, which is undertaking the Italy study with Hiscox, said that the experiment?...