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...need to know about how different this presidential campaign will be from his last one. McCain '08 will be a bigger, more conventional operation--a tank, not a slingshot. The prevailing wisdom about McCain used to be that his bipartisan appeal would make him a sure bet in a presidential race--if only he could get past the Republican primary. But as more and more of the party establishment climb aboard a campaign that McCain has not yet even formally launched, it's starting to look as if the opposite may be true. By trying to become the perfect candidate...
...distributes material from World Wrestling Entertainment, Discovery Kids and ESPN and in November signed an exclusive rental agreement with Blockbuster. Other affiliations include ownership of a small arts and entertainment channel with Hubbard Broadcasting, J.P. Morgan Chase and Perry Capital; a publishing pact with Hachette; a production arrangement with BET founder Robert Johnson; and a new Latin American film fund...
...VEGAS David Yurman's Crossover cuff ($7,190) is a sure bet at Caesars Palace Forum Shops. His store stays open late for high rollers...
...around the world (including high-end retailers like Barneys and Takashimaya), and last year Kim and Horvath's company, Pretty Ugly, did $2.5 million in sales. The dolls have amassed a cult following, with a fifth-anniversary convention, UglyCon, to be held in Los Angeles in December. "I'll bet there are toy-company boardrooms filled with Uglydoll samples and that they're scratching their heads as to why it works and why they didn't do it first," says Eric Nakamura, owner of L.A.-based Asian pop-culture store Giant Robot, where the first doll was sold...
...you’re a member of the news-reading community, it’s a safe bet you’ve come to realize the full horror of the administration’s Iraqi adventure. The daily diet of car bombs, the dead, and the endless destruction cannot have slipped your attention. Sure, the news might come neatly packaged in the phrase “sectarian slaughter,” but it’s hard to read the death count day after day without feeling something more significant is taking place...