Word: alongism
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...problem is getting them in the door," Sullivan said of his nervous customers. So Friday's announced $13 billion rescue package for GM and Chrysler was good news, not so much because this Kansas dealer needed a lifeline, but because it might reassure buyers the company will survive (along with the companies that make replacement parts for its cars...
...problem with letting your buying be swayed by specs is that your underlying preferences likely don't change along with your purchase decisions - and so you wind up at home with things that don't make you as happy. In one experiment, researchers presented two cell phones, and told subjects that one had a more vivid screen. Some subjects were also told that model A had a vividness value of 1,800, compared to model B's score of 600. Everyone was then asked to rate on a 7-point scale both how much they liked phone...
Another familiar aspect of Blagojevich's performance on Friday was his penchant for quoting long passages of favorite writings from memory. Along with Kipling, another of his favorites was Teddy Roosevelt's "man in the arena" declaration, delivered in the Sorbonne in Paris in 1910. Its key passage: "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood...
...Bermuda has a "Winter Romance Package," which gets you the fourth night free, a complimentary room upgrade and free dinner each night at the Tamarisk Room, rated one of Bermuda's best restaurants by Food & Wine magazine. Afternoon tea is served daily - indulge and work it off horseback riding along the beach. In the evenings, call on the hotel's "bath butlers" to fix you a relaxing soak. Rooms start at $295 for garden view, and $555 for ocean view. Through March 27, 2009, excluding Dec. 21 through Jan. 1. A Monday or Tuesday night stay is required...
Heads Up. A rule change for private aircraft was announced by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). All private aircraft must now provide the CBP with flight plans, including detailed departure and arrival information, along with passenger manifests, 60 minutes before departure. The program is voluntary for 180 days, becoming mandatory...