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...where 600 Palestinian forces rolled up over the weekend in shiny new white pick-up trucks, is far more dangerous, because it is a stronghold of Hamas and also the base of an extremist Jewish settler community. The Islamists see the new paramilitary unit as a U.S.- and Israeli-built proxy force to be used against them; while the settlers see the Palestinian security men as "terrorists in uniform," and are threatening an armed showdown...
...Traditionally, a television's show success hinges on reaching a particular market on a particular night. But HSM's success has been built less from high viewer ratings than generating buzz - and buying - connected to the show. "HSM showed a [show's success] doesn't just happen on one night," says Ross. "You weave it together, forming a partnership between programming and marketing. You go different places to reach different people." The franchise had good timing; HSM's appearance coincided with the rise of a global middle class that's equipped to absorb it. When it first came...
...marketing strategy. "They've understood that TV is a way to get into people's heads, and that the Internet is a way to enrich that, and that cinema is a place to add to that excitement. It shows exactly the way franchises are going to be built in the future...
...concerning “swing space,” the temporary residences for students who are displaced during the House renovations. Since last spring, the College has been grappling with the problem of finding suitable space in Cambridge’s crowded real estate market. “Yale built a swing House, which will be necessary at Harvard too,” Nelson wrote. Undergraduate Council President Matthew L. Sundquist ’09 said students at Yale forced to live in swing space stressed the importance of maintaining community in temporary housing that may lack the common spaces...
...like a twisted bird, for a wingless, breathless twenty-two second orgasm in the air." Montandon paints funny, faintly sad portraits of this group. "These are the anonymous, doughy faces of obsession," he writes. Among them is Jeremy McGrane, a 32-year-old New Hampshire resident who built his own "beautifully sleek, blue-corseted rocket belt," and who speaks candidly about the all-consuming nature of his pursuit: "Most guys are dreaming of alcohol and women," he tells Montandon. "Not me. I'm just dreaming about how to make a throttle valve. It's peculiar behavior, I'll admit...