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...Your Eyes Only," Sheena Easton A truly horrible song by any measure - except the Bond theme measure. Easton crams in the lyrical double entendres just in case we forget we're at the peak of the Roger Moore era and never misses an opportunity to overemote. To hear Easton sing it, James Bond isn't just keeping the world safe from baddies; he's keeping our hearts safe...
...Pepsi, the good news is that the commodity cycle eventually turns in your favor, and this time it is happening in a hurry. Corn prices were down more than 50% by November from their summer peak. Aluminum prices were down 20%, which makes can stock cheaper, and oil costs have fallen a third. That will help make international expansion less costly...
...question now is whether Circuit City will go out of business altogether. The New York Stock Exchange halted trading when the stock hit 10 cents a share (vs. about $25 for Best Buy) on Monday. That's down from a peak of $30 in May 2006, and nearly $8 as recently as December 2007. By late afternoon on Nov. 10, a U.S. bankruptcy judge had granted the company permission to borrow up to $1.1 billion, which it will use to buy new inventory and pay workers. That should tide it over through the holidays. But its long-term outlook remains...
...lateness-amnesty window—is a venerable institution here. We question, then, why would anyone deign change it? Are students truly so sluggish that seven minutes is an insufficient ambulatory period? We are rarely late to our classes. Perhaps it’s because our bodies are in peak physical condition. Or maybe it’s just because we rarely attend class. But why bother going, or changing the duration of the passing period for that matter? After all, lecture videos always start on time and if Hollywood has taught us anything, it is to not meddle with...
...drawdown of troops is accelerating. The Pentagon announced Wednesday that a brigade of the 101st Airborne division will rotate out of Iraq before Christmas, as much as two months ahead of schedule, bringing the total number of combat brigades in Iraq down to 14 from its late 2007 peak of 20. But there is a limit to how quickly U.S. soldiers can depart the country while maintaining the current level of security. Although security has improved dramatically in many neighborhoods in Baghdad over the past year, the ability of the Iraqi security forces to act independently and effectively, while improved...