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...making money: "When people think of a blogging business model, the first thing that comes to mind is that they'll run ads on their site. But in fact, the economics of this route are rather dicey - so don't quit your day job expecting that cash will fly into your pockets the second you sign up ... It takes hundreds of thousands of readers to earn anything approaching a living online...
...Part 2 is essentially a remake of Part 1, with many scenes repeated. Guevara has to instill military discipline in his ragtag rebels in Cuba, then in Bolivia. In both places he has to decide whether to accept underage volunteers. In both, he gives his men a chance to quit before the decisive battles, where they are fired on by unseen regular soldiers and suffer the deaths of friends who've made their big speech or sentimental impression moments before. The film suggests that any war is hell - the same kind of hell - and that a war movie should...
...Despite the Crimson’s defensive efforts, by the end of the first half, the score was 34-33, Vermont. The Catamounts also came out strong in the second half, and gained a four-point lead over Harvard. But the Crimson was not ready to quit just yet. Harvard tied the game at 39, and then fought out the next seven minutes, which were characterized by four ties and seven lead changes until two Berry free-throws started off a 6-0 Crimson run in which Emma Moretzsohn and Rollins both made shots. The Crimson never looked back from...
Barack Obama has quit smoking. Mostly. As he told Tom Brokaw in a Dec. 7 Meet the Press interview, he has "fallen off the wagon" occasionally. Oh, all right: When pressed, Obama said he'd "done a terrific job under the circumstances" of keeping up a healthy lifestyle. He has vowed not to break the current White House ban on smoking, but if Obama takes his nicotine addiction with him to the Oval Office, he'll have distinguished (if smelly) company...
Although Dwight Eisenhower quit his wartime four-pack-a-day habit before taking office, smoking in the residence was still common, with ashtrays on the tables at state dinners and free cigarettes for guests. Lyndon Johnson quit before taking office, as did Ronald Reagan, who nonetheless didn't mind if visitors smoked. When French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac lit up in the Oval Office, Reagan's personal secretary recalled, a china dish was quickly found to serve as an ashtray...