Word: mean
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...they had cast anyone else as Edward, would the franchise have been as successful as it is today? I honestly don't know. No matter how famous I get as an individual, it's always evened - or even surpassed - by the fame of Edward Cullen. That's got to mean something. I don't mind that. That's just...
...gift exchange. Matt Batt, a public relations executive from Chicago, and his wife usually spend about $200 on presents for each other. This year, they're cutting spousal gifts entirely, opting to spend that money on their 19-month-old second child and other family members. "This doesn't mean we love each other any less," says Batt. "We just want to do what's right for the Christmas spirit." Batt's a nice Santa for his son. But for companies that are counting on Dad's splurging on Mom, consumers like Batt are nothing but the Grinch...
...rare foreign policy bright spot during President Bush's last term. Amid setbacks in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Administration was able to broaden and deepen ties with China, while keeping longstanding disagreements over issues such as trade and China's human-rights record under control. But that doesn't mean they went away. When U.S. President Barack Obama meets Tuesday with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, there are several trouble spots between him and his host, and the good relationship could erode if they aren't managed carefully. Here are five...
...capability to prevail. But, as Gates also notes, the U.S. military is not in Afghanistan to stay, and Obama is under growing domestic political pressure to find an exit strategy from a costly war whose importance to U.S. national security has grown murky. (See pictures of Afghanistan's mean streets...
...Humphreys described Rudd's speech on Monday as exceptional. "The word sorry doesn't mean much. You can't say sorry for a lost childhood," he says. "But you can acknowledge it, and that's what I needed...