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...Retailers love to blame the weather for their woes, but it's true that this fall's record-breaking warm temperatures have led to sluggish fall and winter clothing sales. They have been so slow, in fact, that many retailers have already started their holiday price-cutting to get rid of the excess sweaters and coats. Due to tepid results the last two Christmas seasons, Wal-mart is determined to get a jump on sales. They reduced prices on toys in September and then slashed them again on 15,000 additional items in October, a 20% increase over last year...
...also thinks Chirac's current and possibly future designation as a suspect in other cases will do harm to his reputation, but he doubts Chirac risks becoming the first French president to ever be convicted by one of the nation's courts. "There will be some sort of blame or fault assigned, but it probably won't go to conviction," Moïsi predicts. "The French already knew the details in these cases, and fully expected Chirac would be implicated by judges for them. So this is really a non-event: a matter of French justice following its course. Right...
...Blame perverse incentives. Organizations need to create noise to show that they are doing something, which needs to happen if individuals within those organizations want to be seen as exhibiting “leadership.” Despite the fact that awareness campaigns persuade nobody—when was the last time a poster display in the Science Center changed your mind about anything?—they continue to occur. They are simple, half-hearted means to show you’re Making the World a Better Place...
...like that. You’ve most likely already donned your favorite “YUCK FALE” t-shirt (because what could be wittier than almost swearing, but not?) and have already begun ritually burning a bulldog in effigy. But I don’t blame you for being confused. You see, this year, the two games are scheduled for the same weekend. One will take place tomorrow night, across the Charles River, and the other on Saturday, across the Massachusetts-Connecticut border...
...we’re stuck. It’s hard to blame the ECAC, which scheduled the Harvard-Cornell contest, since it includes twelve schools and Harvard football isn’t really in its purview. Nevertheless, its scheduling decision has forced us to choose between the two games, which essentially means we’re forced to miss Harvard-Cornell...