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...they entertain moms and their kids, teens and their older, upwardly mobile sibs, these stores also impress the industry analysts. Says Kurt Barnard, publisher of Barnard's Retail Marketing Report: "Disney and Warner are taking advantage of characters that America has grown up with, that have endeared themselves to the American family for generations. It is a very powerful sales point: leveraging the fame and the hallowed position that these characters occupy in the American home...
...Haitian fugitives to land in Florida -- though officials insisted this was a special case, not a reversal of policy. Washington has started looking for a new special envoy to replace Lawrence Pezzullo, whom Aristide's backers distrust. None of these moves was likely either to satisfy Aristide or to impress the military thugs who ousted him in a 1991 coup. They refer to Clinton by a variety of sneering names, of which only farceur (comedian) is printable...
...seeding will take care of itself though if Harvard can impress in its upcoming games, starting with next weekend's tournament in which the Crimson will enjoy home-pool advantage at Blodgett...
Tragically, this is not always the case. Some authors fail to impress in person. Others perform satisfactorily in this respect. The scrumptious Ethan Canin, for example, unfailingly attracts hordes of female fans to readings-a small fact which does not escape his publisher...
Fourth, remember the "one critical insight" rule. People read their movie criticism for two reasons--not only to find out what to se, but also so that they can impress their friends or their dates by the acute analytic perceptions that they have "come up with" While they've been watching the film. Make sure to put at least one of these ideas in every column. These ideas can come in two forms: the comparative and the subtextual...