Word: minis
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...Class consciousness has turned out to be less a factor in shaping these lives than he thought. It is energy and accident that have made all the difference. A cabdriver who Apted was worried might succumb to criminality has become a mini real estate mogul in Spain, a man who was for some years homeless is now a minor government official, a librarian who works with the severely handicapped continues to stick to her idealistic guns, while a schoolteacher who worked extensively in the Third World is back at the traditional public school he once attended in England...
There is, I hope, a kind of pack-a-go-bag practicality to this mini-craze. Mass destruction, after all, has been the animating bogey of American politics for more than five years, but we haven't really thought through what, on a human and social level, it would mean. Could we survive? Would we want to? Would we pull together or feed on one another? That millions can handle the question, in literature or a soft-focus made-for-CBS version, may be testament to our willingness to face the times--to put ourselves mentally, for a while, where...
...could certainly use a sexy model to turn heads its way. Only a few years ago, VW was riding high with iconic cars like the Jetta and New Beetle, vehicles that delivered performance and brand charisma. But BMW's Mini swiped the Beetle's cool factor, and lots of competitors have been making midsize value machines better than Jetta. Sales in the U.S. plunged 37% from 2001 through 2005, when VW sold just 224,195 cars. With a market share of just 1.4%, it's outsold even by Kia. The North American business is a bleeder too, losing nearly...
...It’s almost like a little mini-reunion,” he said. “Crew teams and their parents are really tight because you spend a lot of the time on the banks talking to each other...
Predicting which shows will work in which foreign markets is always a bit of a crapshoot. "Rule 1 of the global TV market is that each market is different," says Grindon. Comedies, which often get lost in translation or bad dubbing, have been inciting mini bidding wars. 'Til Death, a conventional sitcom starring Everybody Loves Raymond alum Brad Garrett, and NBC's offbeat comedy My Name Is Earl are getting as much as $500,000 an episode, compared with $200,000 for sitcoms five years ago. Touchstone's Ugly Betty is on its second global lap. Based on the wildly...