It was the one fixed point on a vacillating compass of relative morality until, one day, a tiny bird, the merest wisp of red plumage, tore away my comforting absolute and aligned me squarely with the NRA supporters, Second Amendment defenders and pro-gun crusaders I had reviled.

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Compass, one of the biggest catering companies, now refuses to tender for contracts in which the ingredient cost is below 55p.

ECONOMIST: The row over school dinners is missing the point

And Compass Group, one of the biggest school food providers in the UK, says its tests have found between 5% and 30% horse DNA in burgers it sold in Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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One of the latest to go on the market is the ComPass Card in Hong Kong, which works as a credit card, a bank and supermarket card, and even awards bonus points on the holder's birthday.

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One measure of the reach of his campaign is found in the income statement of Compass Group, the world's largest catering company, which posted a 1% drop in food sales to British schools in its past fiscal year.

ECONOMIST: Bad for people, bad for profits

In the interests of simplifying the man-machine interface, the Lexus unit combines four buttons, one rocker switch and one compass controller, which is as delicate as a Norden bomb sight.

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