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...Starbucks must move out of the imperial palace immediately, and it can no longer be allowed to taint China's national culture." JIANG HONGBIN Chinese legislator, renewing calls for the closure of a controversial Starbucks outlet in Beijing's Forbidden City, during China's National People's Congress...
...Starbucks must move out of the imperial palace immediately, and it can no longer be allowed to taint China's national culture...
...first, and bitterest, campaigns against a President's course in wartime was mounted by the Federalist Party. The Federalists, followers of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and John Adams, had accomplished great things during the 1790s. But they suffered from the taint of élitism and in the election of 1800 lost the White House and Congress to their enemies, the Republicans (ancestors of today's Democrats). Federalism shrank to a regional bloc based in New England...
...ended on a high note. The Federalist Party ended on a low one. It carried a new taint: defeatism and treason. The last Federalist presidential candidate ran in 1816, carrying only three states. Federalism became a political cussword; decades later, a young Abraham Lincoln would joke that his enemies accused...
...Hurdles remain, however. The taint of old fogeyism, though fading, clings to the company like the scent of grandma's wisteria. Trendy advertisers, for example, still eschew Saga Magazine, despite its impressive circulation. Although the monthly runs features on still-cool celebs like Carly Simon and Mick Jagger, it's crammed with ads for retirement properties and orthopedically therapeutic furniture. In order to combat that perception, Saga is planning a brand overhaul designed by ad agency Doner Cardwell Hawkins. "It will stress our core strengths to a new generation," says Bull, but beyond that, no one at Saga will talk...