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  • Toasting a Golden Beer

    Picture this: A young couple sits at a table in an upscale eatery. The two chat quietly over a glass of imported beer. A well-dressed attendant approaches

  • Albertsons Aims To Turn the Dining Room LIghts Back On

    Jim Smits has been touring restaurant kitchens and developing recipes, but he has no aspirations to be a chef. Smits is a 20-year veteran of the grocery

  • E-mailer Asks Permission Again

    The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society just saw its e-mail list slashed from 33,636 addresses to 4,510 and the organization’s e-mail director is happy about

  • Signature Event

    According to Tuff Stuff sports memorabilia magazine, the most-popular sports collectible is the trading card. The second-most popular type of collectible

  • The New E-zine Metric

    WHEN E-ZINES first came out, chief marketing officers looked at the reports and were excited about using open rates and click-throughs to measure their

  • LISTLINE

    NEW LISTS Chief Financial Officers This 32,840-name file is derived from multiple sources, including government registrations, trade and business groups,

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    DEAD LETTER OFFICE My grandmother had her own (unique) solution to unwanted solicitations (Loose Cannon, June 1). After my grandfather died, she received

  • The Sweet, Sticky Smell of Success

    Do you know about Diet Coke and Mentos? It’s not the latest weight-loss craze. It’s a Mr. Wizard science experiment gone berserk, and it’s currently storming

  • Weird But True

    Here’s the clue: Every day in this town, a hanged man proclaims his innocence in the only way a dead man can. Since 1877, his handprint on his cell wall

  • Motivational therapy

    Whenever you invite someone to discuss their whether it’s at the water cooler, around the dinner table or in a open-ended survey question, you have to