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With the stress of holiday gift-giving, relative-visiting and weight-gaining on the horizon, Glamour’s December issue is chock-full of anti-stress methods hoping to keep the jolly St. Nick in each of us from turning into a poochy, green-haired Grinch. There are the usual caveats like “eat the roasted chicken instead of the fried BBQ wings,” “check that your credit card is not maxed out before going shopping,” and my personal favorite: “It’s okay...
Just when it looked like Jane Swift was gathering up the tatters of her political career, she became the Grinch that stole the economy. About a month ago, Governor Swift introduced her latest gimmick to rejuvenate the sagging Massachusetts economy: a “tax-free weekend” when the 5 percent state retail tax would be suspended for all items purchased...
...features, including Pinocchio, Dumbo, Fantasia, Bambi and Snow White, as well as many of the Road Runner and Bugs Bunny cartoons. With two World War II buddies, Theodore Geisel, also known as Dr. Seuss, and director Chuck Jones, he helped create the original TV movie version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas...
...latest poster child for dotcom misery, in case you're still keeping score at home, is eToys. Since the Grinch stole its Christmas season, it has been hunting for a buyer or a merger partner--anything to avoid bankruptcy. Employees are bracing for layoffs as the site unloads toys like Sing 'N Strum Barneys and Talking Wimzies for as much as 75% off. And the stock? Down from a 52-week high of $31.50 to about 20[cents]. Some folks have been taking perverse pleasure in seeing the dotcoms crash and burn. "Is anyone else morbidly watching this stock like...
...Squeeze his plush belly, and the Grinch's heart lights in a fuzzy glow. But some complained that when squeezed, the heart mechanism dropped, leading to a glowing red crotch. No recall is planned...