Word: celling
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...MP3s are now only at the surface of what they sell; related products such as concert tours, posters, and ringtones generate a significant cut of the total revenue. In 2008, while album sales fell 14 percent, concert ticket sales rose seven percent. And next time someone’s cell phone goes off to the deepening downbeat of “Disturbia,” consider that 20 percent of Rihanna’s revenue comes from the sale of ringtones. This innovative mentality is saving the music business, without undermining the business of music...
...Such precautions might seem extreme until one ponders the attacks in Mumbai two months ago. Ten terrorists killed 173 and paralyzed a city of 13 million for three days, armed with little more than automatic weapons, grenades and cell phones. "Certainly, the Mumbai attacks ought to be understood clearly down to the local level," said Renuart. What got his attention - and that of everyone planning security for Obama's inaugural - is how quickly a band of terrorists could "hold a fairly large city hostage." Banning umbrellas to help keep AK-47s off the Mall, the Secret Service believes...
...Constitution Center, a high-tech temple to the country's cornerstone legal document. On Jan. 19 - Martin Luther King Day - the center opens "America I AM," an exhibition celebrating the contributions of African Americans to U.S. history. Among the artifacts on display are the key to King's jail cell, Malcolm X's Koran and Muhammad Ali's "Rumble in the Jungle" robe...
...Leaving home for war duty was a wrenching experience for reserve officer Ariel Seigelman. A youth counselor, he and his wife were savoring their first trip to a café after the birth of their son when Seigelman's cell-phone rang. He recognized the caller's number as the Israeli Defense Forces. "Your nation needs you," an unknown voice said...
...Inside their tents, reservists banter about wives, girlfriends, or jobs - anything but what awaits them in Gaza. Once they cross over, the soldiers are forbidden from calling home on their cell phones. "So after I go in, the next call my wife gets will either be from me telling her I'm safe, or from the IDF," says Seigelman...