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...Everyone was less enthused when it emerged that at one of the Connecticut casinos Schlesinger/Gold used to patronize, he had gotten a "Wampum card" - a kind of frequent flier bonus card issued to gamblers based on the volume of bets. Opinion dropped even further when, after he said he couldn't remember having any gambling debts, it came out that Schlesinger had paid more than $28,000 to settle lawsuits with two Atlantic City Casinos in 1990 and 1994. Schlesinger calls the gambling stories 20-year-old non-issues, and says he never broke any laws...
...sales were miserable. So in 2002 Marvel began to hire writers and artists from outside the comic business, turning instead to TV and film writers and novelists. The results have reinvigorated the industry, says Gerry Gladston, a co-owner of New York City's Midtown Comics. "The stories have gotten better and better, fans are thrilled, and sales are climbing," he says. Marvel produces about 70 titles a month these days, and its market share of the $450 million industry has nearly doubled since 1999. Gladston adds, "Marvel's pretty much rocketed all publishers into...
...pity. “Oh you poor thing,” they nod, “I’m so sorry you have to go through that.” This is probably my favorite, given that it’s the most pity I’ve gotten since Hubert, the hermit crab that illegally adopted my Grays room as residence for three months, passed away in January.The third response I’ve received is complete disinterest. A “hmph” or dismissive nod might indicate a slight acknowledgement of the hassle of getting...
...Chocolate has gotten early buzz for being "iPod-like" - by that, the buzzers mean that it has a circular touchpad with an "OK" button in the middle. In truth, that's where the phone's resemblance to an iPod ends. Four more touch buttons around the touchpad come and go as needed during a call or when a menu has pop-up options. It takes a while to get used to the fact that parts of the phone's face can suddenly become buttons, but it's so cool that I could deal with...
...That message may, at least, have gotten through to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who acknowledged last year that India needed "a more effective strategy for tackling poaching and smuggling." In April 2005 he convened a Tiger Task Force, headed by Sunita Narian, one of India's most-admired environmentalists. The Task Force recommended streamlining government agencies and establishing a well-funded wildlife-crime bureau that would take the burden of protection away from organizations like the Wildlife Protection Society of India. But P.K. Sen, head of the World Wildlife Fund's India Tiger Conservation Program and a former director...