Word: ownerships
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...ownership of Tommy’s House of Pizza has changed hands again...
Mian Iftikhar, the owner from last February until Tuesday, sold the eatery to G. S. Gill—a Boston-based restaurateur—but retained ownership of the nearby Tommy’s Value convenience store...
...huge amounts of money for mildly entertaining us, and their personal lives provide us with vicarious escapes from reality. They hold their place in our culture because we, the non-movie stars, need that place held. The American public gives stars their larger-than-life status, and then claims ownership over them. It’s true that celebrities choose their lifestyles;however, that choice doesn’t make public scorn and ridicule acceptable (or mature) responses to their misfortunes. Ryder toppled from a mountain of fame built up by all of us, yet somehow we blame...
...their film to TV. (At one point in 9/11, Jules, watching the news and seeing the second plane crash for the umpteenth time, says numbly, "Enough TV. Time for radio.") They ultimately signed with CBS, on condition that the network be limited to two airings and the Naudets retain ownership of the footage and creative control...
...different kind of convenience store has mushroomed. Specializing in the resale of mobile phones, these outlets offer not only 24-hour service, but inviting price tags, with the bulk of their handsets in the $100 range. Police believe most of the phones are stolen, but complicated Czech proof-of-ownership laws render them almost powerless to prosecute. And in a country where almost 11,000 cell phones were reported stolen in the first eight months of last year, the police seem equally helpless to prevent the crimes. "How can you stop the theft of something that you can hide...