Vestar’s founders were bankers at First Boston who left to specialize in buying and selling companies like red plastic cup king Solo and Big Heart Pet Brands, known for Milk-Bones.
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Hank Tucker,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Increase salted butter to ¼ cup and onion to 2 cups.
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Jenavieve Christensen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Jan. 2026
Dern, an executive producer on the series, who also plays feminist activist Linda Shaw, had one person in mind for the role of Norma Dellacorte, the flask-toting matriarch who rules the area’s social scene.
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Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
7 Jan. 2026
Its running vest-style chest harness provides comfort, stability, and most importantly, easy-access pockets for snacks (or a soft flask for water).
According to Berkeley Police, a resident on the 800 block of Colusa Avenue in North Berkeley notified firefighters on Friday about several bottles of hazardous substances in their basement.
The popular beer-stein holding contests — with divisions for both men and women — will be back, and there’ll also be a contest to see who wears the best dirndl and lederhosen.
Ward arrived with coordinator Wink Martindale in 2022 and helped instill a lunch pail quality into the front of an aggressive Giants defense, which galvanized the team to its lone postseason berth since 2016 and its only playoff win since 2011.
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Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2026
Molinaroli sees his effort as a laboratory for social change because education for him is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
The dinner’s audience constituted a melting pot of society, with individuals of all socioeconomic backgrounds, nationalities, ages, and ethnicities in attendance.
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Blake D. Morant,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
But over time, pods get grungy and moldy just like your coffee pot does.
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