Dunkin' Donuts rips Starbucks' decaf policy

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As the economy continues to sour, the trend toward bitch-slap advertising intensifies. Best Buy kicked around Circuit City, but that wasn't much of a challenge, as the latter had already gone belly up. Now, perhaps revved up on its own java and triple-glazed treats, Dunkin' Donuts gets all up in Starbucks' grill in a newspaper ad from Hill, Holliday. The copy takes Seattle's finest to task for brewing decaf in the afternoon only by special request.

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