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...Inquirer, were past masters at the fine craft of attention-grabbing. A headline like "Bloody Statue of Mother Teresa Has PMS!" would be topped by the deck "Vatican Experts Confirm:" and explained by the pull quote "After the blood stops, she gets grumpy." Those are teasers that should be taught in J school...
...finding ways to make Viking an experience rather than just a product. Its brand is a lifestyle badge. Currently, there are 11 Viking Cooking Schools across the country that offer courses in baking, grilling, chopping and general entertaining. Courses average $100 for a three-hour class and are taught by staff and celebrity chefs. Three years ago, the company raised the heat, teaming up with the Culinary Institute of America to offer 4-to-10-day luxury culinary tours to destinations like Vietnam, Italy and Morocco for $2,200 to $7,000 per person...
...sensing that Californians were being ripped off by their utility companies, Sylvia Siegel, an outspoken, acerbic mother of two, taught herself the arcane details of utility law, launched a network to represent consumers before the California Public Utilities Commission and became the most visible and powerful utility consumer advocate in the country. Her expertise and occasional name-calling helped quash a plan to impose a "customer charge" even if no electricity was used during a given month, helped expose $345 million in overcharges by Southern California Edison and Pacific Gas & Electric, and was instrumental in creating affordable "lifeline" rates...
...excels at. The same afternoon as the Obama event, 18 miles away Huckabee was speaking to a Rotary Club gathering at the Nashua Country Club. During the question and answer session, Jim McCormick, a semi-retired consultant from Nashua, challenged Huckabee on his stance on whether creationism should be taught at schools...
...express in words - the gratitude I owe you for your kindness to me - for the first time in ... years - I have come to love the darkness - for I believe now that it is part of a very, very small part of Jesus' darkness & pain on earth. You have taught me to accept it [as] a 'spiritual side of your work' as you wrote - Today really I felt a deep joy - that Jesus can't go anymore through the agony - but that He wants to go through it in me. - to Neuner, Circa...