And Starbucks recently hired a former Navy Junior Military Officer as both a store manager and coffee master.

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While tales abound of models going on crash diets and Master Cleanses and publicists surviving on coffee, cigarettes and air kisses, for many like McCotry, it's a balancing act of limiting calorie intake while meeting basic nutritional needs.

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The master bedroom courtyard has a tiled fountain and is where the Fiaccos have their coffee and read the newspapers.

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