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...fire under the devoted and even the Jackson-ambivalent. Setting a deadline "creates a sense of scarcity for a major event that you have to see," says Harry Medved, a spokesman for the movie-ticketing website Fandango.com. "That's exciting for people." A marketing exec from a rival studio acknowledges the success but sniffs, "It's that old Vegas-concert, Disney-movie hypo-o-meter trick." The exec adds, "If sales go well and there's demand, then they suddenly find a way to extend the engagement." So, yes, there may be more "It" to This Is It. (See TIME...
...rival, by contrast, is the son of an immigrant father who abandoned his family. A mediocre student who earned a law degree and built a successful legal practice through sheer determination, Sarkozy was, until recently at least, defiantly proud of his lowbrow tastes and crude manner. It connects him with ordinary people, he says, and gets things done. (Still, Sarkozy's not above accusations that he exploits his power to help friends and family. Critics say Sarkozy is moving to install his 23-year-old son Jean as president of the authority overseeing the massive La Défense finance...
...goal isn’t just to win. It’s to play to your full potential,” Murphy said. “As happy as we are beating a rival, getting a good win, still in control of our own destiny in the league, we still made too many mistakes...
...happy as we are beating a rival, getting a good win, being still in control of our own destiny in the league, we still made too many mistakes,” Murphy said. “We play like a young team sometimes, and we can get away with that maybe in the first couple of games as an alibi, but there’s no excuses for it. We’ve got to tighten things up. We’ve got a long way to go as far as I’m concerned...
Despite a fresh warning by the Taliban on Oct. 24 asking Afghans to boycott next month's presidential election runoff, both Afghan President Hamid Karzai and rival Abdullah Abdullah launched the second round of their campaigns, the first step toward bringing resolution to an election that has been mired in fraud and controversy. But will Afghans overcome their suspicions and security fears in order to turn out in enough numbers to bestow legitimacy on this next round...