Bland Co.

Death Be Not Proud.(Culture)(unfinished works)(Viewpoint essay)
Newsweek; 12/14/2009; 1191 words; ...last" novel, Pirate Latitudes, and is looking to hire a co-writer to finish his "last last" novel, still in manuscript...a dinner guest who has to pretend to like his best friend's bland cooking. Ledger's performance was so incomplete that director...

Emerging markets too hot? Try mature economies
AP Online; 12/10/2009; 1371 words; ...average 70 percent in 2009. Gains elsewhere seem comparatively bland: 26 percent for developed markets outside North America, and...in emerging and established foreign markets. She's also a co-manager of Causeway's $2.2 billion International Value...

Mexican drug cartels splinter and battle each other; A Mexican drug cartel splinters, with deadly results
International Herald Tribune; 12/10/2009; 1710 words; ...members and imprisoning their prey along bland residential streets. They secured ransoms...killing nine from 2004 to 2007. Seven other co- defendants are fugitives. Since the investigation...documents, testimony from 175 witnesses and co-defendants, and interviews with law enforcement...

A new life, and cookies too
The Boston Globe; 12/9/2009; 656 words; ...table. One of the restaurant's delights is Jasmine Chang, co-owner, who buzzes around the dining room, chatting with diners...and the carrots are cooked perfectly, still firm, the dish is bland, leaving us puzzled that this is, as the menu tells us, the...

Study shows many people favor charter schools: ; Some officials say voters don't know enough about them to make an educated choice
Charleston Daily Mail; 12/8/2009; 901 words; ...study Monday at a press conference with Sen. Erik Wells and co- founders Ben Adams and Sallye Clark. Adams, a Capital High...there's a different governance. The questions were pretty bland." Clark, a retired English teacher who taught in West Virginia...