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...When New York City toy retailer FAO Schwarz reintroduced the Cube 18 months ago it became one of the store's Top 20 selling toys within weeks; sales have stayed steady despite the economic downturn. In Britain, Cube sales are up 300% over the past two years. "People have gone back to safe brands that have been on the market for a while and that they have confidence in," says Gary Grant, chairman of Britain's Toy Retailers Association, noting that playtime staples such as Lego and Playmobil are also faring well despite the recession. (See pictures of toys...
...gone through a year of speed when I was a kid, drank really heavily for quite a while,” O’Brien said, “but I finally quit all the craziness because...
...season after a solid 9-1, 9-2, 9-5 victory. Sophomores No. 3 Alisha Mashruwala and No. 7 Bethan Williams also recorded 3-0 wins to complete the rout for the Crimson. Harvard has been dominant in this first half of the season. No player has gone to a fifth game all year, and the team boasts a collective match record of 43-2. Crimson coach Satinder Bajwa has emphasized the importance of using these early-season matches as opportunities for the players to hone and refine their shots in preparation for the more challenging matches that await...
...religious shift was certainly revealed in the 2008 election. The Religious Right isn't gone, but their influence and role is declining. It's apparent in their efforts to figure out where they're headed. And the possibility the book talked about looks much more possible now. I predicted a wider, deeper agenda, and it's happening now. When the National Association of Evangelicals fired Rich Cizik [who said he had shifted his views to support the idea of civil unions], they fired their future. The shift wasn't caused by the election, but it was revealed in the election...
...According to a recently signed agreement between the U.S. and Iraq, American forces are to be off the streets of Iraq by this summer and gone entirely from the country by 2011. During his campaign, however, Barack Obama pledged to withdraw all combat forces from Iraq within 16 months of taking office - which would be May 20, 2010 - and so far has not publicly backed away from that promise. Indeed, as Obama prepared to meet with Pentagon officials yesterday, his spokesman Robert Gibbs said, "He will ask for planning to redeploy combat troops within 16 months." Senior officials in Iraq...