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...typical mall store). But the real attraction is the opportunity to cuddle up with your favorite volume for as long as you want. Far from shooing away loiterers, these superstores operate on the philosophy that by creating an inviting atmosphere, they can lure customers who will linger and eventually plunk down their money...
John Grisham has to stop writing lousy novels and turning them into crap movies. Grisham flicks are guaranteed top stars. Idiots like me plunk down seven bucks thinking that this time will be different. This is the movie where John doesn't let us down, where he finally comes through with the suspense promised in the promo. But he always disappoints. Grisham gets our money and we're left empty, throwing popcorn at the screen. I refuse to think that the American people are best served by stupid pulp. John should realize he has an obligation to write above...
...class of notables whom 13% of the country, according to a survey conducted by Moscow News, would like to see thrown in prison). These are the post-Soviet sybarites who patronize Moscow's Volvo and Mercedes dealerships, pamper themselves with Estee Lauder "exclusive skin-care consultations" and blithely plunk down the equivalent of an average worker's monthly pay for French champagne and Danish liqueur candies at the gilded- mirror displays in Yeliseyevsky Gatronom, the grande dame of Moscow supermarkets...
...this can be called a tax still escapes me, however. Nobody is compelling the Boston Welfare Mommy to plunk her hard-earned quarters into slot machines. If the Massachusetts poor are silly enough not to realize that gambling is generally a losing proposition, we have no duty to save them from themselves, at least not in this particular case...
...injecting $1.1 million, which he got mostly from his family, into a new gas station and car wash in Chula Vista, Calif. David Liang, a San Diego real estate broker who led Wu to the investment, claims there are plenty of other prospective Americans ready to plunk down their money for a fast track to permanent residency, the major step toward citizenship. "This is only my first project," he says. "If it turns out well, I have 11 other people who would like me to help them get a business started here...