Word: circuitousness
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...Pelosi's negotiators felt that was a significant concession. The California district judge who will make the decision in such cases has been sympathetic to some of the civil libertarians' claims. And an adverse decision can be appealed to the liberal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The telecoms are casting it as a victory, and Pelosi's aides acknowledge the telecoms are likely to win immunity in court. But they're getting less than they would have in a Senate version of the bill, and they will hardly have a free ride once litigation and lobbying fees have been added...
...tents housing an extended family of puppeteers - gypsies from Rajasthan. Next came the magicians, nomadic Muslims from South India. They were joined, in the 1970s, by acrobats from Mumbai. Today, the children and grandchildren of these pioneers work New Delhi's weddings, birthday parties and the five-star hotel circuit, and many jet-set around the world to perform at international festivals, all expenses paid...
...Soon Maurice is an adult in L.A., a hit on the lecture circuit and the author of such popular tomes as If You're Happy and You Think It, Think Again and Stop Hitting Yourself. Stop Hitting Yourself. Why Are You Still Hitting Yourself? Pitka is famous, but, he thinks, not famous enough. Rather like the Sean Penn guitarist in Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown, who realizes he's no Django Reinhardt, Pitka rankles at being No. 2 to Chopra. His manager (John Oliver of The Daily Show) convinces him that he can get on Oprah...
...There are rumors that Blockbuster might buy Circuit City? How would that affect Best...
...look in the consumer electronic space we are the largest, Wal-mart is second and I believe Circuit City is third. So we are watching with great interest Blockbuster's action. We've got a point of view of what we are trying to do for the consumer and we've got to try to do that better whether Circuit is sold or not. So there is not a lot we can do about that, but it is a big force in our industry...