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...Boylston St. sidewalk, a rather plain ad invites passers by into the Gallery of Social/Political Art located within the Community Church of Boston. Straight up the stairs, the space that currently houses "Sex, Sexism, and Society" seems appropriately designed for witness, not worship. Several tiers of bolt-bound, theater-style chairs are anchored in the center of the room, while the walls are a shock of mixed-media, the works of multiple artists all squeezing for space. Some stand out, some strike out, but all speak out about sexism, sexual discrimination, sexuality, women heroes and related themes...
There is a critical moment during online shoppers' visits to an e-merchant: the point at which they have identified the product they want to buy but haven't completed the transaction. Some stay. Some bolt. A little hand holding can help reduce the chance of a cut-and-run considerably. First tip: Post a toll-free number, and staff the phones. Ken Seiff, CEO of Bluefly.com which sells discount designer apparel (big holiday seller: $79 pashmina scarves), attributes his company's favorable traffic-to-sales ratio to having enough live customer-service reps (70 during the busiest December weeks...
...touch of evil already lurks in Harry's world. A wizard who took up the Dark Arts killed his parents, but could not kill Harry, who was left with a lightning bolt scar on his forehead. This mark makes him instantly recognizeable in the wizard world...
...answer may lie in the origins of the phenomenon. Despite the publicity generated by the trading cards, the heart of Pokemon is a handheld game. Start by picking up a palm-size Nintendo Game Boy, insert the proper cartridge and switch it on. Soon, a creature with a lightning-bolt tail bounces through an animated sequence, pops a cute grin and yelps, "Pikachu!" You have met the most popular of the Pokemon, a creature--part cherub and part thunder god--that is the most famous mouse since Mickey and Mighty...
...owner of baseball's Minnesota Twins--until 1960 the Washington Senators; in Minneapolis. His comments in 1978 on moving the team--which included the assertion that Washington's "black people...put up such a chant they'll scare you to death"--led future Hall of Famer Rod Carew to bolt for the California Angels the next year...