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...uniform was a sweatshirt that my wife ironed U.S.A. decals onto," says Gavin Kaysen, who competed for the U.S. in the 2007 Bocuse. Now dressed in one of the sleek, matching jackets and T shirts printed with the words "Je t'aime USA" worn by team members and their supporters, Kaysen, who is advising Hollingsworth and Guest, added, "It's totally different this time. We have so much more support...
That newfound support stems in large part from the key figures leading the team. President Thomas Keller, chef of the French Laundry, signed on when he was approached by none other than Bocuse himself. "When Monsieur Bocuse asks you, you say, 'Yes, chef,' " Keller explains. He transformed his father's old house, located next door to the Napa Valley restaurant, into a training center for Hollingsworth and Guest. Together, Keller and honorary Bocuse president and New York City four-star chef Daniel Boulud were determined, as Boulud says, "to show what amazing food we cook...
...which will take place in a 22,000-sq.-ft. outdoor space in downtown Tampa on Friday. Wyclef Jean will perform for 1,250 people. The party is a no-brainer for ESPN because the marketers are paying for the whole thing. "If we did not have full sponsor support, we would not do the event," says ESPN The Magazine publishing director Steven Binder. Ford, Corona, Old Spice and H&R Block are picking...
Adams, a city commissioner at the time, denied the charges vigorously, and his supporters, including Wiener, rallied to his support. Ball's charges were shouted down as "sleazy" and a "smear." Then Adams effectively won the mayor's office with a landslide victory in the primaries last May, making the liberal city of Portland even prouder of its liberalism. But just as it was about to celebrate change with the rest of the country, sending Adams to Washington to attend Barack Obama's Inauguration, sex reared its head again. On Jan. 11, Breedlove sent a text message to Willamette Week...
...widely expected, as was the strong showing in support of the constitution by rural and highland voters. But like Bolivia's recall vote last August, in which Morales won 67% national approval, Sunday showed that Bolivia's east/west regional divide that brought the country to the brink of civil war last September remains. The constitution was heavily rejected in the eastern lowlands of Santa Cruz, Beni, Pando and Tarija where wealthy land and business owners dominate local politics. Criticism ranged from the constitution's elimination of Catholicism's privileged position as official religion to worry about "extreme indigenous power...