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...priestly ways portrayed by Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald in the movie Going My Way are long gone. Like most Catholics, I am disappointed in the conduct of priests who scandalize the church. However, like most Catholics, I go to Mass to worship God and not the parish priest...
...Spirit Awards, which honor films that cost less than $20 million and are primarily financed outside the studio system, are supposed to be too cool for star worship. But when the new James Bond (Daniel Craig) appeared in the tent, nominated for his performance in Infamous - a movie few people saw and even fewer recognized - a collective inhale of breath was audible...
...While most businesses worship at the altar of youth, Saga realized early on that there's often more money to be made from the mature. Marketers have traditionally shunned older consumers, preferring to aim their pitches at a younger audience it hopes to groom into lifelong customers. But Tim Bull, Saga's group marketing director, says mature consumers are just as eager to buy as youngsters, though they are savvier and more discerning. They are also richer - much richer. "They control 80% of the nation's wealth and they're very happy to spend it," says Fiona Hought, managing director...
...sari, necklace, stuffed paratha, air conditioner, television set or water pump - look no farther than Chandni Chowk. That centuries-old market near old Delhi's famed Red Fort is a crumbling warren of shops, food stalls, shrines, temples and mosques. Indians of varying ethnic and religious hues work and worship alongside each other in grudging harmony, sharing a common language: money...
...author directs similar scrutiny at the failings of ngos ("a business that never turns a profit"), the rise of caste-based parties "and their belligerent, cocky, supremely confident demagogues," and the hypocritical worship of the common man. "We want Oxbridge Indians in our Parliament," a cynical journalist opines. "Who invited the common man - safely eulogized in speeches but otherwise locked away in ugly towns and uglier villages - to speak...