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...Wednesday night to see the premiere of Fox’s newest attempt to capitalize on America’s covert voyeurism. But clearly voyeurism is no match for genuine innovation. As a point of comparison, 50 million viewers watched the final episode of Survivor, the now legendary benchmark for reality...
This election will go down as the worst in U.S. history--until the next election, which will probably be contested vigorously as well. A benchmark has been set, and politicians will think it is fine to litigate every election in hopes that their lawyers can outfinagle the other party's. Soon we'll just have the lawyers fight it out in court over who the next President is; we won't have to bother voting at all. DAVID M. DANIELS Missouri City, Texas...
...index of stocks goes up 20 percent, the manager's goes up 20 percent, but he receives no bonus. He would earn only if he outperforms the benchmark," Meyer said...
...many offer special deals that you won't find elsewhere. (Every Wednesday, for example, the airlines sell off their available seats for the coming weekend at bargain-basement prices.) Even if you don't end up buying tickets from an airline site, check there first to get a benchmark for future shopping...
...performers including 'N Sync, Britney Spears and R. Kelly. All these acts have posted huge, headline-grabbing first-week sales this year. 'N Sync's album No Strings Attached, despite pans from the critics, sold 2.4 million copies in a single week, more than doubling the old industry benchmark. Now the folks at Jive are looking to top that with Backstreet...