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...lovers' holiday in the west turned into a quasi-feminist chocolate orgy is unclear. The the first Valentine's sale in Japan took place in 1958 and Tokyo chocolatier Mary Chocolate's event generated 150 yen total in sales (the company sold three bars of chocolate in three days). Nevertheless, the marketing opportunity would not be lost in translation. According to the Chocolate & Cocoa Association of Japan, of the $3.6 billion annual sale of chocolate in 2005 (the latest available year), $400 million, or over 10% was spent during the crucial days leading up to Valentine's. This year, Japanese...
...status; in fact, it worsened. Claiming the “N” series passports issued under Hussein no longer meet “international security standards,” the U.S. has denied him reentry despite re-issuing him a visa on Jan. 31. It is unclear exactly what hoops Iraqi students wishing to study in the United States must jump through in order to be trusted. The restrictive visas already issued to students after exhaustive background checks are now considered insufficient. Apparently the U.S. was being too lax by granting al-Dewachi only single-entry visas and forbidding...
...still unclear whether this verdict will do anything to actually chasten Sandia into changing its management culture. But for all those in favor of government accountability, and for anyone who likes to see a David occasionally win against Goliath, Shawn Carpenter's victory in court is worth cheering...
...Google Books website, where the Harvard Libraries stamp is visible on the inside covers of scanned books, such as a copy of Charles Dickens’s “A Tale of Two Cities” dating to 1900. Although details about the scanning technology and facility remain unclear, there is evidence to suggest that the Internet is not the only “digital” part of the process. Human fingers holding the books are visible in some of the online images of the scanned material. Verba said that his goal is to digitize as many...
...Designing the American City,” was being considered by insiders as a top candidate to fill the role. But while the Harvard professor’s name is rumored to be on the lips of City Hall employees, Krieger himself said he is unclear where the speculation has sprung from. “I don’t believe I’m an actual candidate,” he said. “Now, [why] would I want to be a candidate? I have my hands full.” While some said the possibility...