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...commercialization of the holiday season, represented so clearly by the decorations in the store windows of the world, takes away from the season to be jolly to the extent that the holiday scarcely resembles the ideal to which some of us non-commercial sentimentalists still cling. On the sidewalks of this country, it wasn’t the Grinch who stole Christmas—it was consumerism...
...States look comparatively mellow. Official results show Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich winning by 3 percent over challenger Viktor Yushchenko, but Yushchenko has asked Ukraine’s Supreme Court for a new election in light of voting fraud. And, although the exact nature of the fraud is unclear, its extent appears to be substantial. Whatever the eventual outcome of the election, we hope that all factions abide by and respect the court’s ruling, since the integrity of both Ukraine’s fledgling democracy and its national unity is more important than the outcome of this particular...
However, some were dubious about the true extent of bootlegging in Massachusetts theaters and whether this law would be effective...
...some cases increasing - numbers of European directors are declining invitations to sit on company boards. The reason? The pressures and costs involved in upholding stricter corporate governance standards in the wake of high-profile blowouts such as Enron and Parmalat. The scandals have "brought home to a greater extent the importance of quality contributions" from board directors, says Mina Gouran, head of U.K. Board Services at Korn/Ferry. Translation: nobody wants these gigs anymore, so directors might soon be in short supply. "Public companies are worried in Britain that the gene pool for recruiting directors is becoming shallow," warns Digby Jones...
...view and shifting audience allegiances. "People are going to switch depending on their emotional history," Owen says. "Have they been betrayed? Have they betrayed somebody? I think all of us of a certain age - all of us who have had any average experience of sex - have, to some extent, been in some of these scenes. And depending on your experience, that's where you sit. So it's not like one character takes you through the journey, and you experience all the ups and downs of that character...