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    Starbucked

    Journalist Taylor Clark has been following Starbucks' global ascendance since three stores first opened in his Oregon hometown. He ponders how the coffee-house movement has changed our daily lives, and how Starbucks transformed coffee into beverage entertainment… not always for the good.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Bruce Feirsten • Nov 27, 2007 • 1 min read

    Journalist Taylor Clark has been following Starbucks' global ascendance since three stores first opened in his Oregon hometown. He ponders how the coffee-house movement has changed our daily lives, and how Starbucks transformed coffee into beverage entertainment… not always for the good. Join Taylor Clark, author of Starbucked in conversation with Bruce Feirstein.

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      Bruce Feirsten

      Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair

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      Sarah Spitz

      Publicity Director

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