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...impending Christmas break, is still greeted with unmitigated glee. Certainly, Christmas in America has lost most of its religious flavor, as atheists, secular Jews, and other non-Christians all eagerly mark with merriment the Yuletide occasion. Given this mix of irreligion and desire nevertheless to celebrate a gift-giving holiday, Christmas festivities, decorations, and attitudes around campus have taken on an eccentric flavor...
...Gore’s wise gaze on display at The Coop’s Kid’s Holiday Books stand, until I saw the blue banner “Adapted for a new generation from The New York Times bestseller” emblazoned across the top. What better gift can you give your kids this holiday season than the fear that it will never snow again? I only hope that there isn’t a two-dimensional rendering of the movie’s animation of the last polar bear drowning. Six months after seeing that, I still...
...rain pouring down on an uninviting gray factory. But the lights switch on and a highly asymmetrical Taylor takes control of the sound system machinery within. Quirky dance-pop furnishes the mood as confused-looking band members attempt to navigate through rooms with rotating floors and walls, alarm clocks, gift boxes, and revolvers doubling as microphones. All these objects seem to be part of an obstacle course, appropriate for illustrating the uncertainties of love or providing the viewer with unconventional eye candy. The video is populated with beautiful, identical dancers with long, flowing hair and mini-skirts. They all seem...
...more successful, pet adoptions. In line with a trend toward making animal shelters look less like industrial death camps, Boulder's red cinder-block multi-level complex with estate-quality wrought-iron fencing is located in a neighborhood of office parks, and resembles, inside, an upscale daycare center. The gift shop sells hemp dog collars, Outward Hound folding travel bowls, chews that act as doggy dental floss, and Santa-themed holiday pet bandanas. There's a vet clinic and an obedience school on site. In the brightly lit kennels, where a one-year-old fluffy little Bichon Frise mix might...
Percentage of employers surveyed that have a holiday-bonus or -gift program...