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...Vinsons got another jolt shortly thereafter when they discovered that if they didn't spend all the money remaining on the cards within six months, the issuing bank would begin subtracting a monthly $2.50 dormancy fee from each one and the cards' value would expire altogether by 2005. "I thought I was buying something that would be worth $50 and would be good forever, just like a gift certificate," says Norman. "It was very irritating because nobody told me anything [about all the conditions] up front." The joy that millions will feel when they find prepaid cards in their Christmas...
...states and were funded by a longtime Bush donor, because a rebuttal would serve to amplify the phony charges. And the advisers were determined to stay upbeat, in keeping with the holy writ of the focus groups that kept saying how distasteful they found negative campaigning. So when a jolt finally forced Kerry to face reality, it didn't come from any of his high-priced consultants and pollsters. The truth was delivered by men Kerry didn't even know, folks who have better training than any political operative in spotting and surviving an ambush. It came from the vets...
...What kills my budget are runs to Starbucks and impulse buys at Aldo.” The latte factor can be significant for Harvard’s fatigued students—coffee is more than caffeine; it’s a warm, satisfying drink with a bonus jolt. “Last year I went [to Starbucks] on average five to four times a week…that’s 15 to 20 bucks a week,” says Audrey F. Duboc...
...ultra-relevant blend of rock and dance this music has its most sophisticated, engaging, and above all else, intelligent producers in the form of the DFA. Their new release saves a lot of vinyl in its wake, and is an electrifying jolt from the most relevant rock genre of our day and its foremost spokesmen...
...What kills my budget are runs to Starbucks and impulse buys at Aldo.” The latte factor can be significant for Harvard’s fatigued students—coffee is more than caffeine; it’s a warm, satisfying drink with a bonus jolt. “Last year I went [to Starbucks] on average five to four times a week…that’s 15 to 20 bucks a week,” says Audrey F. Duboc...