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...asked the same question, Fox president of sales Jon Nesvig says with a laugh: "I would hope the producers would probably use some judgment there." At the least, producers would risk losing sponsors. Says Debbie Myers, media services vice president of Taco Bell: "We have tremendous equity in our brand. We would never do this unless we were fully protected." And looming over the rest of TV is the idea that after the success of sponsored reality series, networks might want to sign up sponsors for dramas and sitcoms, and advertisers could thus exert control over scripts and story lines...
...everything in the inn's past is worthy of restoration. The original guests, who often stayed for months, had to book long in advance, present letters of reference, leave young children behind, make no noise and run no water in the room after 10:30 p.m. Those who laughed too loudly in public rooms were presented with a printed card requesting that they modify their behavior. Today's guests can bathe whenever they want and laugh to their heart's content. They can book at the last minute, stay for just a day or two and find many programs designed...
...hsiung's municipal graveyard, six or seven separate processions?each towing a musical band hired from one of the city's funeral companies?are vying for space at the crematorium. The musicians occasionally squeak out a desultory tune, unrecognizable over the noise from the other bands, but mostly they laugh and smoke cigarettes as the coffins are hoisted into the ovens. Women who have been employed to mourn for the deceased?a common practice in Taiwan?do so halfheartedly, whimpering rather than weeping. The funeral cloth is ragged, flowers are wilted, the hearses old and decrepit. "The level of service...
...just in time for lawmakers to make the Memorial Day barbecues back home, and what should have been a taxpayer feast looks instead like a botched grilling. Most households will see less than $600 of savings this year, and as for simpler tax returns, well, that's just a laugh. A more confusing tax bill is hard to imagine...
...teachers are learning a lot b) kids hate the animated Captain Condom character c) abstinence always gets a laugh d) they reduce teen pregnancy rates...