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Holiday hiring highly competitive
Associated PressThe odds of landing a part-time job at department store operator Bealls Outlet Stores Inc. this holiday season are slimmer than getting into Harvard: roughly 1 out of every 45 applicants, compared with about 1 in 15 at the college. From department stores...Tags: Home Depot Incorporated, UPS Inc., Employment, Bankruptcy, Colleges and Universities
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Flood of applicants compete for scarce seasonal jobs
Staff and wire reportsThe odds of landing a part-time job at department store operator Bealls Outlet Stores Inc. this holiday season are slimmer than getting into Harvard: 1 out of 45. As far back as September, Bealls Outlet Stores — which operates most of its 450...Tags: Chicago Jobs, UPS Inc., Employment, Bankruptcy, National Government
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Wine pairings for every course
Be thankful for wine. If you've been working on the supermarket-cart Thanksgiving, here are some fairly priced wines to complement your feast. THE MAIN COURSE Pinot noir, zinfandel and Beaujolais are red wines to pair with the big bird; riesling Vouvray...Tags: Ravenswood, Religious Festivals, Beverage Industry, Holidays
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Antique dealers fear buyers will vanish in economic slump
Sentinel Staff WriterJack Tuttle had a nice gig going at his antiques shop in Lake Mary -- until the stock market began plunging in September. "Everything was going fairly well, and then, all of a sudden, it stopped," said Tuttle, who has spent 30 years in the antiques...Tags: eBay Incorporated, Orlando, Homes, Furniture, Auction Service
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Salt and high blood pressure: New concerns raised
Ah, salt. It gives personality to chips, balance to bread and flavor to scrambled eggs, guacamole, tomato sauce and just about everything else that comes in a can, jar or squeeze bottle. Salt is such a mealtime staple it can be hard to imagine life...Tags: Medical Research, Geriatric, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Health Organizations, Advice
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Asian oyster holds promise, risk
Seeding the Chesapeake Bay with disease-resistant Asian oysters could significantly boost the bay's depleted population of the water-cleaning shellfish, according to a federal study to be released next week.
But the study, a copy of which was obtained by...Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Research, Population, Armed Forces, Edgewater
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Do food dyes affect kids' behavior?
Special to The TimesAlmost every parent has a story about their kid bouncing off the walls after downing a package of jelly beans or eating a neon blue-frosted cupcake at school. Most blame the sugar. But some new research suggests that the rainbow of artificial colors...Tags: Standards, Roger Clemens, Health Organizations, Dieting, National Institutes of Health
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New law requires labels on meat
Washington BureauWASHINGTON — In a few weeks, American shoppers will be able to look at a cut of meat or a pound of hamburger and see something they've never seen before—a label that says where the meat came from. Starting Sept. 30, food manufacturers and...Tags: Agriculture, National Government, Healthcare Policies, Consumers, Marketing
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Concerts, festivals promote wineries
Special to the TribuneDave Cushman, chief winemaker for Park Farm Winery & Vineyard near Dubuque, Iowa, is going to make a change in a successful recipe this year. "When we have our annual grape stomp for the public," he said, "we're going to judge contestants on style this...Tags: Farms, Sales, Floods, Beverage Industry, Real Estate Sellers
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World of change in winemaking
Chicago Tribune criticChicagoans are thirsty. Whether it's an $8 glass of 2006 Brooks Riesling from Oregon raised in a toast at Webster's Wine Bar in Lincoln Park, a $15 bottle of French ros� named the "Pink Criquet" and tossed back on an Oak Park porch, or a $2,125 bottle...Tags: Charlie Trotter, Geography, Natural Science, Chicago Weather, Oak Park
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Diversity grows with grapes
Sun foreign reporterOne in a series of articles documenting the issues of South Africa's post-apartheid generation A few years ago, Howard Booysen thought "bouquet" referred only to flowers and that the mark of a fine wine was a big, fruity flavor. Now, at 24, he is one of...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Photography, Beverage Industry, National Government, Labor Legislation
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More than just jeans
Fugitive Denim: A Moving Story of People and Pants in the Borderless World of Global Trade By Rachel Louise Snyder Norton, 352 pages, $26.95 How can you tell where your jeans were made? If you think finding the answer is as simple as looking at a label...Tags: International Organizations, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Human Rights, Diplomacy, International Relations
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