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...going to ruin anything by detailing Coyne's sufferings any further, except to say that they're suitably vicious and cathartic. A lot of horror writers wind up revealing a sentimental streak in the end, but if Hill has one he keeps it well in check. This is, ultimately, a book about fathers and sons: Coyne must come to terms with his abusive father, and with the avenging ghost, who is the father of another key character. It's an appropriate enough theme for Hill, because every artist has to work in the shadow of his or her father...
...player until the iPod, and I didn't use an MP3 jukebox before iTunes. Guess what? I don't own a cell phone, but as soon as I can almost afford an iPhone, I'll buy one. It isn't just a cell phone. Revolutionary? Check. Market maker? Double check. Will it change the communications industry? I think it already has. Gino Carter Seattle...
...completed successfully," he told TIME), Gitomer owned two race horses in Philadelphia, sold mobile-home lots with his father to retirees in Florida and later manufactured and sold sportswear in Manhattan, learning what was missing from his business-school classes. "They don't tell you that somebody's check is going to bounce and you have to go after him to get it," he says...
...exhibit, set in the Sert Gallery, appears something like your everyday movie rental store. The movies are stacked on shelves in uniform white cases with descriptions, and there are televisions and VCRs playing movies about the room. You can pick a movie and watch it there, or even check out two videos at a time for up to two days, free of charge. The Blockbuster-esque layout presented a problem for the VES staff in charge of the project: how to get knowledgeable, interested people to staff the exhibit? Instead of hiring people unqualified or uninterested in the exhibit...
...Republic encourages religions to organize themselves into "official" organizations with which the state can interact - the co-plaintiff Union of Islamic Organizations of France being the largest member of France's "official" Islamic structure, which Sarkozy himself was instrumental in founding in 2003. The politicians might also check out a new poll published as the case came to trial, which shows that fully 79% of French respondents consider "publicly mocking religion unacceptable...