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...fact is, for UPN, "Buffy" is a bargain at any price, even if the network is never able to recoup the hefty price tag off the show itself. It guarantees a big influx of a key demographic: namely, people who otherwise would never watch UPN. (All the more so if, as seems likely, UPN ultimately gets the popular spinoff "Angel" as well...
...appearance of the ultra-enthusiastic soloist from Boston teen band LFO to sing their pleasant-enough hit “Girl of TV” couldn’t salvage this show from the lowest depths of bargain-bin hunting. Incongruous as the intrusion is, it provides the most entertaining bit of performance the whole night...
...What if the contestants start calling "Survivor"'s central bluff and start keeling over? Does CBS send in a trumped-up Meals-on-Wheels gambit like last episode's shelter-for-food Probstian bargain? Or do they just let them start eating cameramen...
...search for a bargain chateau can begin at home, where one can scan specialized websites like vacationspot.com castles.org and athomeinfrance.com Chateau hunters should also flip through upscale French real estate reviews such as Demeures et Chateaux, Proprietes and Belles Demeures, available at international newsstands in most large U.S. cities. Prospective buyers should contact reputable agencies experienced in steering foreigners through the shoals of house hunting and real estate transactions in France. Agents like Garcin (emilegarcin.fr) and Henu (france-chateaux.fr) can arrange hotels for prospective clients, visit properties with them, help arrange financing and oversee the closing formalities...
Suburban towns have long sought young families who were willing to pay higher taxes for schools. But many municipalities are beginning to realize that a family isn't such a bargain if it pays $7,000 in property taxes and sends its kids to school at a cost of $8,000 each. Some communities in New Jersey, New York and other states are considering new property-tax breaks to discourage seniors from moving out--lest they be replaced by families with school-age kids...