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...32.At that point, in 1993, Toobin left the practice of law to cover legal affairs for The New Yorker, and a year later, he shot to notoriety when he revealed the O.J. Simpson defense team’s plan to play “the race card.” He joined ABC News as its senior legal commentator in 1996, and moved to CNN in 2002. His second career as a journalist has already garnered him an Emmy Award, for his coverage of Elian Gonzales in 2000, and produced three bestselling books.And yet, while the road to where...
...Gift-Card Crisis The canaries in the coal mine of the next recession may well be gift cards. Usually they provide a post-Christmas bounce for stores, but this year, say big retailers like Wal-Mart, cash-crunched consumers are either saving their holiday gift cards or spending them on necessities like toiletries and school supplies instead of luxuries like iPods and DVDs...
WEAK SALES January retail sales this year were the lowest in nearly four decades for that month. Gift-card sales were up 17% last year across the U.S., but about $7.8 billion worth (about 8% of all gift cards) have gone unused...
...THIS MATTERS Retailers don't make money on gift cards until the cards are redeemed. When purchased, they're recorded as a liability--essentially an interest-free loan. Worse yet for retailers, in some states, if a card is not redeemed after a few years, its value is considered unclaimed property and is required to be turned over to the government...
...Dawn from the Babysitter’s Club. But it sort of seems like you’re only in it for the play anyhow, so who cares? She’s hot. Plus, you seem worried—nay, certain—that your V-card can mysteriously return from lack of ass, so I’d say, yeah, let her be your girlfriend. That way, you’ll have all week for douche-baggery, and on the weekends, you can re-secure your non-virginity...