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Movie theaters have always been entertainment sanctuaries: dark rooms, comfy chairs, a cozy environment devoid of annoying commercials. Oops! Scratch the part about the commercials. Premovie ads, which used to draw boos when one or two would pop up before the coming attractions, seem to be multiplying by the week. National Cinema Network, a company that places commercials on a third of U.S. movie screens, reports a 48% increase in prefilm-commercial sales over the past year. The ads, which run from 15 to 90 seconds, are the current darlings of the ad world, in part because they seem...
This site is so offensively devoid of meaning, I can’t help but wonder if perhaps the webmaster is secretly a scornful Democrat. The store allows you to shop according to the W. product line that suits your personality: the indescribably tacky “I stand with President George W. Bush” T-shirts, mouse pads, golf balls and glass tumblers; the “Across America: W’O4” interstate collection of magnets, racing T’s, sweatshirts and—believe it or not—cufflinks; the sleek monochromatic...
With the end of the cold war, that threshold question was no longer vital. Absent a direct threat to American national security, foreign policy in general disappeared from U.S. political discourse. The past three presidential campaigns--1992, 1996 and 2000--may well have been the most devoid of foreign-policy discussion of any during the 20th century. It stood to reason. If the homeland was secure, if there was no deadly adversary stalking us, who cared what was going on out there...
...years before and after Jesus' birth practiced secondary burial--the transfer of bones of the deceased from a first grave into a container that was then deposited in the family burial cave. Archaeologists have unearthed thousands of such boxes, ranging from ornately carved and painted chests to utilitarian containers devoid of any inscription. The James ossuary fell somewhere in the middle. Its owner says he was familiar with its inscription but, as a Jew, was unaware that the names were special. One day last spring he invited Lemaire--in Jerusalem on a scholar's break from his job as head...
...health care. He has traveled the world from East Timor to Haiti mediating conflicts and monitoring elections, and promoted Habitat for Humanity, an organization that builds housing for low-income families. Though Carter, a Democrat, received a congratulatory call from President George W. Bush, the honor was not devoid of politics. In its statement the committee noted that "in a situation currently marked by threats of the use of power, Carter has stood by the principles that conflicts must as far as possible be resolved through mediation and international cooperation based on international law." Committee chairman Gunnar Berge said...