Word: smarts
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...Yeltsin accepted his advisers' suggestions, and in July 1998, on the 80th anniversary of the Imperial family's execution, the remains were laid in state in the Romanov Dynasty burial place in the Petropavlovsky Cathedral in St. Petersburg. Yeltsin saw this as a humane act of repentance - and a smart step to defuse the growing Nationalist threat without stirring further rifts with the Communists by formally charging their party with the Imperial family's murder...
...earlier this month, when Harvey announced that his new venture, The Weinstein Company (TWC), will oversee a $285 million dollar fund toward the production and distribution of 31 "Asian films," the industry was in a muddle over whether this was a lavish pronouncement or just plain smart business sense. The move is expected to help the company cut costs, and it may also allow the Weinsteins to stake a claim on the growing market of Asian film viewers...
...investigating the company, the airline cooperated with the authority's investigations. (Virgin, whose legal team first contacted the OFT about the scheming once it got wind of it, should escape any fine as a result.) Still, it's hardly reassuring that staff at BA thought it a smart idea to collude with its fiercest rival. Is there a problem with values at the carrier? "That wasn't anything that was in the dna" of the company, says Walsh. "I've stressed this significantly at every opportunity internally: we're not going to tolerate that sort of behavior...
...Fellow nurse Kelly Kuglitsch, 29, of Muskego, Wis., who is eight months pregnant, says belly dancing has made her backaches disappear. Another perk: "It makes me feel sexy," she says. "I go home and show my husband my new moves. He thinks it's really cute." Then again, no smart husband would dare say otherwise...
...divert $200 million (1%) of the proposed $20 billion arms deal to support soccer in Iraq. That may be a more effective way to achieve national identity and unity than introducing more smart bombs into the Middle East. Maybe throw David Beckham into the deal, too. Dan Joldersma, Holland, Michigan...