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...they find New Cheese. The humans are more resistant to change. Hem, the tale's dunderhead, indignantly bellows, "Who moved my cheese?" and refuses to accept reality. Haw too is initially resistant but comes to understand that he has to leave his comfort zone to survive and thrive. Voil??! New Cheese awaits...
...practically an instant money machine. The chemistry is simple: ferment grain or potatoes or even grapes to make alcohol, then concentrate it by distillation. Filter the resulting colorless, odorless spirit, possibly give it a fruit flavor, push out the publicity boat with a sexy name and designer bottles, and--voil??!--you have a premium vodka that can sell in the U.S. for upwards of $30 a bottle...
Flip Books (Klutz, $14.95). The template for a cute little flip book is provided. Young Spielbergs draw in a few details, clip it together, et voil??! This is that rare craft book that boys 10 and older will enjoy. Parental intervention is needed for ripping the pages (careful!), but that...
...actress Jane Birkin after a chance meeting with Hermès chairman Jean-Louis Dumas on an airplane in 1984. As the story goes, Birkin was rummaging through her basket-weave purse when it fell apart. Dumas assisted her in collecting the dropped items, they struck up a conversation, and?voil??!?shortly thereafter Dumas had the Birkin bag created as a token of friendship...
...kids with no credit history or collateral, the government sweetened the deal by promising lenders a specified interest rate regardless of what student borrowers pay. Add low default rates (due in part to such dire consequences as garnisheed wages and torpedoed credit ratings) as well as soaring tuitions, and--voil??!--lenders are fighting one another to dole out $17 billion in supplemental loans that aren't backed by the government...