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...pensioners in their mid-50s or older had jobs last year, 13% more than in 1994. Some retirees return to former employers; others establish second careers. But many, like Korpi, prefer shorter stints as fill-ins or consultants, and in recent years there's been rapid growth in the placement companies that cater to them...
...First Crusades, many Westerners believed that Muslims were idol-worshippers (actually, the Prophet tore down the idols in Mecca). And Dante, in "The Divine Comedy," placed Muhammad in the Eighth Circle of Hell with the schismatics (even pagans such as Plato and Aristotle got relatively better treatment, with placement in the more scenic Limbo). Much more recently, the novelist Fay Weldon ("Affliction") wrote this about Islam: "The Koran is food for no-thought. It is not a poem on which a society can be safely or sensibly based...
...October, GoTo.com changed its name to Overture, but CEO Meisel, 38, kept intact a business plan that has proved successful, if controversial. Overture invites advertisers to bid for placement in its search results, with the higher bidders getting the top spots. Rather than marketing itself as a destination for users, Overture partners with such companies as AOL and MSN. In October the company, based in Pasadena, Calif., reported its first profitable quarter...
...alliance with Coca-Cola is not conventional. Coca-Cola purports to organize a campaign for literacy, with Harry as the spokesperson. And, images of Harry Potter will appear on Coca-Cola product packaging, but he will not be pictured actually drinking the products. There will also be no product placement in the movie itself. Even so, Save Harry!, an anti-Coke/Potter alliance campaign condemns the global marketing rights given to Coca-Cola for promoting consumption of unhealthy beverages. The Save Harry! website calls the alliance “a sales vehicle for liquid candy!” and urges...
...actual placement of the teams was hardly coincidental. The nine schools who had men’s teams in ECAC hockey where all placed in the ECAC 9, while the ECAC 8 included the five programs with men’s programs in Hockey East—New Hampshire, Northeastern, Providence, Maine and Boston College—plus whatever teams were left, namely Niagara, UConn and Quinnipiac...