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...such as trust and authenticity. That means any claim made about a product had better be irrefutable, because the world will soon know if it's not. And be sure to rev up that underutilized, underfunded consumer-affairs department, he warns. And next time, Macy's, no more Ms. Nice...
...University administrators may offer resistance too. The majority of campus bookstores, which are usually very profitable, are owned by schools themselves. "Why would a school president want to give up that nice little revenue stream?" Koch asks. But colleges may soon have little choice; at least 34 states have proposed or passed legislation to control textbook costs, and in February, the House passed a similar measure, which is now awaiting Senate approval...
...that point in the campaign, McCain had been more or less ambivalent about Bush personally. "He thought Bush was a lightweight but a nice enough guy," says a close McCain associate. That ended in South Carolina. During a commercial break in a debate there, Bush put his hand on McCain's arm and swore he had nothing to do with the slander being thrown at his opponent. "Don't give me that shit," McCain growled. "And take your hands...
...Several months of research led Barclay to discover that the insect, which resembles the common North American box elder bug, is actually most closely related to to Arocatus roeselii. But that European bug is also associated with alder trees rather than sycamores. An insect specimen found in Nice on France's Mediterranean coast, which is now in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History in Prague, turned out to be identical to the mystery London bug. But that specimen, it turned out, had been misidentified as Arocatus roeselii...
Democrats aren't like that. It's not that they're too nice or too principled, or too unwilling to be ruthless. The hatred of George W. Bush on the left--and the eagerness to see him gone--is at this point as extreme as anything the right has to offer. (I know this because I share it.) The desire to win for winning's sake is pretty deep, too. Furthermore, as I suggested in this space a few weeks ago, it is at least an open question as to whether Democrats this year will attempt to match the Republicans...