And blatant sexism seems to be the latest cheap marketing trick.

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Introducing side conflicts simply in order to drag out the longer conflict is a cheap trick.

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The real trick to getting cheap fares is to travel during the so-called shoulder season, according to Anne Banas, executive editor of SmarterTravel.com.

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It was, and the crowd at the Hammerstein Ballroom roared as Lee Ving of Fear, Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick, Brad Wilk of Rage Against the Machine and others took the stage.

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