Word: clauses
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...most talented conservative political operatives in America. Oh yes, he also had an Internet ad up his sleeve that would attack Obama's celebrity by associating him with Oprah. But in the end, he scotched that one. "We decided you don't really fight Santa Claus or Oprah," he says, "so we removed...
...wearing the same clothes for decades, but all in all he looks pretty good. Sure, Mickey hasn't had a movie in two years (his last one went direct-to-video), but his cheerful face remains one of the most recognizable images in the world, even beating out Santa Claus. Disney threw a big party for the mouse's 75th birthday, so this year's festivities will be comparatively subdued. But TIME has been following the adorable mouse since the beginning, and 80 years is still a big number to us. (Read TIME's 1937 cover story on Walt Disney...
...loyalty Alaska voters feel for Stevens (whose federal budget largesse left him with more presents to hand out than Santa Claus) may have predisposed them to believe his view of events. In a debate last Thursday with Begich, Stevens made one of the most laughable claims in modern political history, saying he had "not been convicted of anything," despite the federal court result. But Alaskans may have bought his contention that the case, decided thousands of miles away in Washington, D.C., was a noxious mix of prosecutorial misconduct and a runaway jury. Helping Stevens' argument was the revelation this week...
...forget, this slowdown started hitting a lot of retailers back in December of last year," says Darrell Rigby, head of Bain & Company's global retail sales practice. "It might be challenging, but it's not completely surprising." Still, no one predicted a Wall Street implosion right before Santa Claus' arrival...
...next venerable institution to fall victim to the financial crisis could be Santa Claus. Retailers are bracing for a holiday shopping season that is shaping up to be the worst in recent memory, as debt-ridden consumers cut back spending amid rising fears that the U.S. is in a major recession...