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With Playboy eager to photograph “The Women of Starbucks,” what is the coffee company to think? The magazine chases ambulances to put together these corporate-themed specials, as last year’s “Women of Enron” and “Women of WorldCom” issues proved. It has also used them as a weapon: When 7-Eleven stopped selling Playboy in 1986, it took Hef & Co. only a couple of months to unveil “The Women of 7-Eleven.”

But Playboy rep Theresa Hennessey says it’s different this time.

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