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...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 men who receive super high-end American brand chocolates such as Noka and Compartes should revel in the fact that their significant other had the time, money and taste to settle for nothing but the best for their...
...public schools. “This is crazy, it’s like ‘Groundhog Day.’ Every year we go through the same thing,” said board member Nancy Walser. The funds are managed by school principals and can be spent on unspecified measures that improve the quality of students’ education. Schuster said the additional money could be used to provide an additional staff member for each school next year. Many committee members opposed the proposal, however, arguing that the money needed to have a specific purpose if it were...
...other happenings among the Harvard youngsters, freshman Kathryn Farni tallied her first career goal in the third period. And fellow frosh Cori Bassett, who has spent the vast majority of her rookie campaign on the blue line, skated as a forward last night, joining senior Katie Johnston and sophomore Jenny Brine on the Crimson’s third line. Bassett, though, got a painful introduction to the offensive rotation with time winding down in the game when she was caught in the face by a Huskies highsticking violation...
Harry Potter, in the novels, is a gawky nerd with huge round glasses who hangs around with a bunch of outcasts. He spent most of his childhood being pummeled by his meathead cousin; he had an embarrassing first kiss experience; and he doesn’t entirely understand how to keep his hair combed. He appeals to the nerd in all of us. Harry Potter as a character has never tried to be cool or sought to be in any way attractive—which is why we love him so much...
...might seem churlish to criticize this orgy of gluttony. But the event has raised eyebrows in a country where high-living billionaire Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was overthrown in a coup last September by a more austere clutch of generals. Led by interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont, who spent time in a monastery after retiring from the military, Thailand's new leaders have called for the Buddhist-majority nation to avoid capitalist excess and embrace moderation...