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...March 2009, upset with the direction of the nascent Obama Administration, he registered on a website listing Tea Party events and began sending out e-mail blasts. The Worcester Tea Party, for whom Mandile serves as president, now counts more than 700 members on its distribution list, the vast majority of them political newcomers like Mandile himself. Groups like his have become the nexus of political disaffection, where deficit hawks, constitutional conservatives, federalists, birthers, senior citizens and others have united under the banners of smaller government, fiscal responsibility and free markets. Channeling frustration with the Obama Administration's policies into...
...recent, but the other items could be the recipe for any of the DreamWorks films that have entertained vast audiences over the past decade. The studio's three Shrek movies have earned $2.2 billion at the worldwide box office. Include the last seven capers made at its California headquarters - Shark Tale, Madagascar and its sequel, Over the Hedge, Bee Movie, Kung Fu Panda and Monsters vs Aliens - and the 10-pack has a $5.3 billion global gross. That's just a smidge under the $5.6 billion taken in by all 10 of the features produced by DreamWorks' rival, Pixar...
Indeed, evidence of property oversupply is everywhere. In Beijing, vast swaths of commercial space sit vacant - including floors of retail space right next to the iconic Water Cube, the 2008 Olympics swimming venue. (See pictures of the best-selling cars in China...
...window too—like sound. I went to a party in Leverett House last week, and without knowing the exact room number, I knew where I was headed because Lady Gaga and Sean Kingston had announced the party to me a block down the road. For the vast majority of passer-bys—who were not trawling for a random party that night—the music would have been a significant disturbance...
...battle two years ago, when he was the runner-up to McCain: a record of accomplishment in business and government; a stately mien (and famously great hair); a solid and photogenic family; a New England base, anchored by a vacation home in primary-powered New Hampshire; and vast personal wealth and fundraiser prowess. But his liabilities are equally formidable. Some are the public's long-standing bigotry against his Mormon faith, a history of breathtaking policy flip-flops and, perhaps as grave - no kidding - his striking nonchalance about transporting the family dog in a box tied to the roof...