Word: preholiday
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...heroine of The Princess and the Frog puts her big dreams to music, singing, "I'm almost there." That's the position of Disney's 2-D animated feature, which opened wide Friday. It won this preholiday weekend, according to early studio estimates, but with a tepid $25 million, a bit less than forecast by industry analysts. Rather than reaching the stratosphere of Pixar 3-D cartoons, Princess replicated the openings of Disney's recent in-house animation efforts like Meet the Robinsons and Bolt. Execs at the Mouse House hope their new film will play well through the Christmas...
...Testers check games for flaws in design and play before submitting written evaluations to the product-development division, where many ambitious testers eventually land. Others become engineers or marketers. Perks include travel to video-game conventions and contests, but testers can expect to work their thumbs off. During the preholiday rush, they twitch their way through 100-hour weeks...
...CARRY-ON AND CHECKED LUGGAGE. VIOLATORS MAY PAY LARGE FINES AND/OR SERVE UP TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON. But waits at the security checkpoints (six have just been added, bringing the total to a generous 20) were usually less than five minutes, and passengers seemed to be handling the preholiday stress well--even the infirm elderly woman who tripped a metal detector and had to laboriously remove her black orthopedic shoes for inspection and watch her purse being ransacked before she was carted off, exhausted, in her wheelchair...
...carry-on and checked luggage. Violators may pay large fines and/or serve up to five years in prison. But waits at the security checkpoints (six have just been added, bringing the total to a generous 20) were usually less than five minutes, and passengers seemed to be handling the preholiday stress well-even the infirm elderly woman who tripped a metal detector and had to laboriously remove her black orthopedic shoes for inspection and watch her purse being ransacked before she was carted off, exhausted, in her wheelchair...