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...newsprint. What is the common denominator? That's the question. There is enormous loyalty to regional brands in the newspaper business; there is enormous loyalty to brands in the tabletop business. Brands protect you from becoming a commodity. So avoid commoditization at all costs. And that is the common thread to all of those...
...just two things are unscathed in his inner life: a profound love for his wife and the ability to sing or play on the piano any piece of music set in front of him. Sacks describes Wearing's music as a rope let down from heaven: "Without performance, the thread is broken, and he is thrown back once again into the abyss...
...Despite the fact that he was the party's vice presidential nominee in 2004, in a race against Clinton and Obama, two lavishly funded celebrity candidates, Edwards remains an underdog. "What Edwards has got to do is really thread the needle," says Mike Feldman, a former Gore adviser, who isn't affiliated with any of the campaigns. "It's possible [for him to win]. But what you see in his urgency in making his case is that time is running...
Interest in the group extends far beyond the ranks of Church historians, of course. The tale of the Templars remains a gaudy thread woven through the religion, politics and literature of Western civilization, with a recent boost from the embellishments of Dan Brown, who cast the Knights as a key part of the conspiracy to conceal Church secrets in his best-seller The Da Vinci Code...
...story than its science fiction aspects. Confused teen Donnie Darko sits on the brink of two realities, and he has to make an important choice. Helping him make the right one is “bunny-man” Frank. Stern’s interpretation follows a different thread from the common perception of the story’s dark messenger. “What Donnie doesn’t realize is that Frank is there to help him; he lays out all the clues for Donnie,” said Stern. When asked why he would adapt the film...