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...desperation and creativity," says Susan Moldow, King's editor and the publisher of Scribner. "I'm not the first person to observe that books are in a little bit of a crisis. And we want to be able to provide our content in whatever platform people are going to turn to." Moldow, who is giddy about a potential new way to plug her authors' books ("If you're a publisher and you don't have a little P.T. Barnum in you, you don't belong in the business"), says producing "trailers" is another way publishers have tried to make book...
...have rich friends; you can have support from special interests, PACs and lobbyists; or you can fund a campaign yourself. This race has all three. But money cannot buy elections. They are won by leg work, by going door to door, and by demonstrating that you can turn ideas into action...
...Athens, in fact, that was on Lezak's mind as he made the turn into the final. "I'm not going to lie, but when I flipped and saw how far ahead [Bernard] was, and he's the world record holder, the thought caught my mind for a split second of: 'There's no way.' But I changed that, and said, 'This is ridiculous. This is the Olympics. I'm here for the United States of America, and I don't care how bad it hurts. So I got supercharged and took it from there...
...Chief of the CIA’s Clandestine Operations in Europe, the official said, “You need to learn from our history.” He cited the failure of British efforts to suppress the Irish Republican Army with coercive tactics. “We decided to turn the terrorists’ tactics back on them. For a time, it worked. It stopped the immediate attacks. But watch out, it’s dangerous. It makes you the bad guys. And when it gets to court—and in your society, just like ours, it will?...
...political science department at the University of Colorado at Boulder, predicts "a kind of 1930s style conflict between unions and management." Bad news for civility, but good news for Obama: In 2004, union members nationwide gave 61% of their vote to John Kerry. The more union voters turn out in Colorado, the better Obama will...