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...Bradley-Gore race is not a neat ideological battle. Virtually any proposal comes with a disclaimer, as Bradley's did last week. The principle that all families should have a chance for a better life, he said, "is not a liberal principle or a conservative one. It does not belong to any political party." So as Bradley and Gore prepare to meet this week for their first debate, voters will need to be listening very closely to figure out what kind of presidency these men are promising...
Perhaps the biggest hurdle to overcome in Europe is retailer reluctance. In the past, licensed goods from fellow European companies were often cheap promotional giveaways, so many retailers view licensed products as a form of advertising that doesn't belong on their shelves. That puts the onus on marketers to convince retailers that most of today's licensed products are well-made goods associated with top brands. It's a slow slog. But, says David Isaacs, Equity Management's international director, "it can be done...
...avoid offending local sensibilities by going the franchise route. "It helps us to have someone who understands the local culture," she says. So far, Ann Summers' Dublin store is the only one that has drawn opposition. Downtown merchants--saying a sex shop, no matter how posh, doesn't belong on a main shopping avenue--tried to get it moved to a side street. But the opposing retailers could not find any legal reason to keep the shop off O'Connell Street, and the company turned a deaf ear to their appeals to leave...
...seems to help students think that they belong," she said...
...insist solely that coming out in and of itself should be a political statement is to encourage a destructive reductionism of self. It is a group saying to a closeted individual, "Your thoughts and passions belong to us and our agenda, now, and we will represent them on posters as we interpret them...