He took with him 10 pounds of rice, a .22-calibre rifle, some ammunition, no compass, and, to hear Alaskans tell it, very little common sense.

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Fogbound, with no compass, and adrift, I started trying things.

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In each country, Sodexho garnered for itself the No. 1 or No. 2 position, running neck-and-neck with the U.K.-based Compass Group.

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