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...newsstand sales, subscriptions and advertising. The new business model relies only on the last of these. That makes for a wobbly stool even when the one leg is strong. When it weakens - as countless publishers have seen happen as a result of the recession - the stool can't possibly stand...
...Every kind of film critic was represented: the loves-it-all USA Today type, the can’t-stand-anything-but-artsy New York Times type, the bitter-because-I’d-rather-be-writing-scripts L.A. Times type, and everything in between. Those endowed with press or corporate passes blew by the long lines that grouped outside the theaters, but for once, nobody seemed to mind. Despite the wintry weather, the cinematic discourse continued on between strangers and new acquaintances unabated...
...occurred on one of the only weekends the Harvard fencing team had off, further demonstrating the dedication and passion Vloka has for the sport. “She has four years to train and get better,” Brand said. “The only thing that can stand in her way is school. It can be difficult.” Vloka will need to find a balance over the next four years of school, training, and traveling to national tournaments. But if she continues to work hard and be successful, she just might follow in Cross?...
...This is not a time when we should stand in our ideological corners and shout at each other. This is a time to govern and govern well." -Speaking during his introductory press conference...
...draw Israeli troops into the crowded urban neighborhoods of Gaza City, where the Israelis would lose the protection of helicopter gunships circling overhead. "We were fighting a modern 21st-century army, and we're just a guerrilla resistance movement," he says. "What did you expect - for us to stand in a field and wait for the Israelis to mow us down?" Indeed, in the classic guerrilla playbook, the insurgent army avoids going toe-to-toe with a conventional force armed with vastly superior weapons, armor and air support. If he has a choice, the guerrilla seeks to survive to fight...