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...Real or not, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are reported breathlessly to be a couple - does that help the franchise? I don't know whether it helps it or not. I just know that it will be around as long as they keep making these movies. People always want the stars of movies to fall in love with one another. There's no calculated effort to make it seem that way on the part of Summit Marketing. You really want it to be about the characters themselves. It neither helps nor hurts. It just gives fans waiting in between movies...
...Research Group, a retail-consulting firm, 50.1% of parents plan on cutting back on gifts to each other this year. That figure is up from 44.4% last year, a surprising jump considering that the U.S. was in the depths of the financial crisis during the previous holiday season. "Parents want to maintain gift-spending levels for their kids, so they are showing more willingness to trim on each other," says Britt Beemer, founder and chairman of America's Research Group...
...wife usually spend about $200 on presents for each other. This year, they're cutting spousal gifts entirely, opting to spend that money on their 19-month-old second child and other family members. "This doesn't mean we love each other any less," says Batt. "We just want to do what's right for the Christmas spirit." Batt's a nice Santa for his son. But for companies that are counting on Dad's splurging on Mom, consumers like Batt are nothing but the Grinch...
Granted, I live in a prime location for runners—and I’ve been meaning to shed off some extra weight gained thanks to a midterm season that ends at the start of reading period—but the last thing I want on my mind is to think about exercising when I have to memorize a bunch of characters in the morning...
...that’s impossible when you step into Leverett, a place where laziness is looked down upon—unless you want to become one of those kids getting pummeled by a volleyball on LevSPN...