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...question, "There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe, and there never will be under a Ford Administration." The tortured explanation for this statement emerged slowly over the next few days. Ford had not meant to deny Soviet military domination; he was simply unwilling to concede, probably as a sop to his party's right wing, that political domination was and would be a fact of Eastern European life...
...sports league has exported its brand better than the NBA, which sells more than $750 million in merchandise overseas annually. Its games are broadcast in 215 countries. And India offers a growing, tech-savvy economy with a billion potential consumers--60% of whom are below age 30--who could sop up NBA merchandise and follow their favorite players on NBA.com...
...sports league has exported its brand better than the NBA, which sells more than $750 million in merchandise overseas annually. Its games are broadcast in 215 countries. And India offers a growing, tech-savvy economy with a billion potential consumers - 60% of whom are below age 30 - who could sop up NBA merchandise and follow their favorite players on NBA.com...
Etzioni originally dubbed the site Hamlet after its To Buy or Not to Buy motto. Net squatters wanted $100,000 for the hamlet.com address, though, so the outfit instead bought the more logical farecast.com for small change. In the Web's early days, it was SOP to pay millions for addresses like business.com No more. "In the '90s, start-ups were drinking Kool-Aid," Etzioni says. "Now we're drinking coffee...
...with not only lemon cream but also blueberry compote. There's something nearly carnal about all this full-fat food issuing from the kitchens of these gorgeous, tiny women. On a 2004 episode of Everyday Italian, De Laurentiis made two rich stuffed pastas as well as cheese sticks "to sop up all the sauce ... Who doesn't love stuffed shells?" she asked in her sensual TV voice. "Gooey, aromatic cheese wrapped in a luxurious, firm pasta shell." Are we still talking about food here...