The Michelin Man goes on a diet

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Sadly, it looks like the Michelin Man has fallen prey to body-image issues and will soon reveal his slimmed-down body to audiences throughout the world. A story in Scotland’s Daily Record quotes Michelin’s U.K. marketing director on the topic of the new, thinner Michelin Man: “We’ve slimmed him down because it shows the evolution of people and is a way of keeping up with changes in society.” In addition to the usual marketing-director bombast, doesn’t that quote contain a bit of wishful thinking? Is

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