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Taken together, the changes are meant to underscore Starbucks' leadership in the realm of coffee. This is, after all, the company that taught us what a latte is and that it should cost $4. That goal of owning the coffee space is even more relevant today as competitors such as McDonald's, Burger King and Dunkin Donuts upgrade their drip coffee and roll out espresso-based drinks...
Dunescape became a sizable hit, drawing thousands of visitors over the summer to eat, drink, lounge and just caper around the thing. And that taught the SHoP team an interesting lesson in finances. "One day we did a quick calculation," says Pasquarelli. "Five dollars admission per museumgoer plus an average of two beers plus maybe a hot dog or a hamburger times 10 weekends. We had generated somewhere between half a million and a million dollars in revenue for the museum." Meanwhile, the firm's design fee had been only $10,000, with a $50,000 construction budget. "That really...
...absolutely don’t believe in “inspiration.” Writing begets writing, and the more you read, the more you’re going to write. In the book, I say that I’m not sure if writing can be taught, but I’m positive that it can be learned. What the book tries to do and what we try to do here in our classes is just set up an environment where that learning can take place. But inspiration or the muse—I don’t believe...
...graduate student who taught introductory Latin courses, Meyers was an active member of the Jewish community, remembered by friends and family for his kindness and his sense of humor...
...time a boy of 7 or 8 - to sell him a piece of property; Eliot then couldn't afford the rent when a roll of the dice landed him on that property. "He didn't realize his own rights," Bernard told Masters years later, adding that he had taught his son a lesson: "Never defer to authority...