"LOS ANGELES Oberto Sausage Co. is launching its first national advertising this week with a television-oriented campaign by independent Ground Zero, according to Tom Ennis, vp of marketing. The "Don't be a sidekick. Eat like an alpha" campaign uses comedic situations...
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"Sometimes politics has the uncanny effect of mirroring the national psyche even when nobody intended to do that. This is perfectly illustrated by the rousing effect that Gov. Sarah Palin had on the Republican convention in Minneapolis this week. On the surface, she outdoes...
"US presidential rivals Barack Obama and John McCain have clashed over their commitment to immigration reform. Addressing a conference of Hispanic officials in Washington, Mr McCain, the Republican candidate, said the US must secure its borders. Mr Obama, the Democratic...
An absolute "must" read for any professional writer who must face down veiled business interests and the cult of personality. Having myself already faced jail for not revealing a source, as well as thugs trying to scare me off a corruption probe, I find myself agreeing...
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UPDATE: Gates rejects Greenspan claim war is about oil"U.S.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Sunday rejected former Federal
Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's statement that the Iraq war "is
largely about...
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"French President Jacques Chirac, who announced late Sunday that he will not be standing for a third term, leaves behind a legacy of largely unfulfilled promise and missed opportunities.
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Perhaps a more...
Here is the proof:"In stark contrast with their parents, growing numbers sympathise with extreme teachings of Islam, with almost four in ten wanting to live under Sharia law in Britain.
The study identifies significant support for wearing the veil in public, Islamic schools...
"The former Secretary of State is admired and trusted by Gulf Arabs, but that may be as much a liability as an asset.
The other day I called an Arab security official in the Gulf and joked with him about how well things are going in Iraq. He wasn't in the mood for irony. "The...
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"If it was the desire of the man who called himself William M. V. Kingsland to be remembered in the salons of New York long after he died, to be the subject of the kind of scandal-whiffed conversation he once so enjoyed, to be the one having the last loud laugh, then the man...
According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and...
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