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Starbucks To Begin Sinister ‘Phase Two’ Of Operation

SEATTLE–After a decade of aggressive expansion throughout North America and abroad, Starbucks suddenly and unexpectedly closed its 2,870 worldwide locations Monday to prepare for what company insiders are calling “Phase Two” of the company’s long-range plan.
“Starbucks has completed the coffee-distribution and location establishment phase of its operation, and [...]

Too Cool For School?

David Ignatius’s column in the Post frames Obama’s supposed unflappability as “cool,” unflinching. He seems a little flappable to me sometimes, but it’s a good political figure-ground experiment: you can read the coolness as statemanlike surety or uptight aloofness. (Guess which one the media will be going with this summer.) Ignatius captures some of [...]