Michael Chiklis worked the big crowd like the pro that he is, but there was no way that he could make much of a connection with the little audience on the other end of the TV camera.

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Doesn't actually make much of a difference, and given the placement of the little joystick control, it actually makes it a little easier to use (unless you're left-handed, of course).

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When it comes to negotiation, it would be hard to retreat from asking for those opt-outs, but he should not make too much of a failure to win. (There is precious little new social legislation in the pipeline, and Britain already has the right to opt out of most new judicial measures.) A reprieve for the City from the proposed financial rules would be a coup.

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As with stocks, high-yield bonds benefit from a strengthening economy and a little bit of inflation, which make it much less likely that leveraged corporations will default on their bond issues.

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You can fail to engage the crowd, you can make a fool of yourself, you can attempt too little or too much and miss the mark.

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Diaz, for some reason, is repeatedly drawn to self-consciously grotesque little projects that usually don't accomplish much of anything at all, but make a huge mess while not accomplishing it.

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He urges marketers to make sure they understand the "elasticity" of their brand, which would be a gauge of how much--or how little--advertising is necessary to sustain sales.

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