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...Stupid. Armstrong incentivizes buyers by allowing them to keep any profits from ticket sales. She can't guarantee that her film won't be copied and shared after someone purchases a license to screen it, but she says she had to put her trust in people to spread the word about climate change. (See TIME's coverage of the Copenhagen climate-change conference...
...government saw a need to build four state-run churches in Pyongyang in the following years, though critics maintain they're facades to show the world that it supports freedom of religion. "[Foreign missionaries] are allowed to come for relief or other purposes, only if they promise not to spread the word," argues Kim. (See pictures of the key moments in North Korea's history...
...best drivers of all time." Brawn was also pleased with the announcement: "As seven-time world champion, Michael's outstanding record in Formula One speaks for itself and I am looking forward to working with him again." As for Schumacher's rivals, however, there will likely be "a spread of emotions, including fear, because you don't want to be beaten by the old guy," Chris Aylett, head of Britain's Motorsport Industry Association, tells TIME. "The most competitive guys will relish the opportunity of embarrassing the old champion," he adds. "But overall, they [the drivers] earn their income from...
...Experts say authorities need to increase monitoring of the Internet as well, as right-wing groups are increasingly turning to the Web to spread their propaganda and messages of hate, often using foreign servers to try to avoid detection. "The problem is that Germany has a stable far-right scene, made up of autonomous nationalists, former skinheads and the NPD - and they're all growing in confidence," Hajo Funke, a professor of politics at Berlin's Free University, tells TIME. "These different neo-Nazi groups interact with one another using the Internet." (See Kristallnacht in words and pictures...
However, analysts believe the big 70% markdowns are more likely to be strategically slapped on certain items rather than spread store-wide as they were last year. "We're definitely expecting to see a lot of promotions in the days before Christmas, but we are not likely to see the blanket discounts and markdowns that we saw a year ago," says Ellen Davis, a spokesperson for the National Retail Federation. "You probably won't walk into a store and see signs for 60%, 70% or 80% off everything."See pictures of retailers which have gone out of business...