And the fall leads nicely into the Christmas gift-buying season.
Its proponents are clearly laying groundwork for uncalled-for regulation of wireless services, and are indifferent to the inevitable ensuing court challenges and wheel-spinning lobbying bonanza that represent what the Mercatus Center's Adam Thierer calls the greatest Christmas gift Washington lawyers and lobbyists could hope for.
You know, my grandmother was a Lutheran from Minnesota and a great woman, but the worst Christmas present gift I ever got--the strangest one--was she gave me two stuffed anatomically correct dolls, male and female.
Under the headline "Gotovina - a Christmas bonus" - playing the pun on Gotovina's surname which also means cash - the paper says the arrest comes as a gift for the Christmas stockings of UN prosecutor Carla Del Ponte and Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader.
Around this time, my family is busy preparing for Christmas traditions: the gift giving, the midnight candlelight service, the feast on Christmas Day.
Will that Christmas gift be the catalyst to turn the tide for investors in the stock?
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Historically, gold often rises during the time frame from late summer into Christmas or early in the New Year due to gift-giving holidays around the world, starting with Indian celebrations in autumn.
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ROCHESTER, Minn. (AllPolitics, Dec. 26) -- Former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker got a special Christmas gift Wednesday from the Mayo Clinic: a new liver.
Fourth, a sharp turn at the fiscal cliff, as President Mitt Romney would have renewed the Bush tax cuts, as a Christmas gift to American taxpayers and Wall Street traders alike as it could help maintain consumer-spending momentum.
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Speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga recently said the bill would be passed as a "Christmas gift" to its advocates.
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She gave us each Christmas ornaments as a gift of the season, but then peppered us with questions about fund-raising, marketing and promotion.
And it serves up a nice gift option with Christmas right around the corner.
The big push, he expects, will come during the Christmas season, thanks to all those people with a long gift list and so little time.
Some of the customs, such as gift-giving, may have influenced Christmas traditions.
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These Marines worked closely with Toys for Tots and the Forgotten Child Fund to make sure local children had a gift for Christmas.
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Many people were unhappy with the administrators' decision not to accept HMV gift vouchers, some of which had been given as Christmas presents.
This coming Saturday's release of the LeBron 9 Freegums shoe will come at a time when shoppers are armed with gift cards and Christmas money, he said.
In the modern world of digital or offset printing, it is precisely this old-fashioned artistry and attention to detail that holds the allure for those looking to create something special be it bespoke Christmas cards or a holiday gift.
Major Alan Watters, from The Salvation Army in Ireland, said donating a gift could make a real difference to a child's Christmas.
"Get the ghosts of Christmas past out of there -- all those little cans of this and that, the beef sticks from the gift basket no one can bear to throw out, " says Ewer.
This Christmas I will not only be researching my gift choices through my smartphone but also using it to swipe the barcodes of presents in store and then tap or wave as I pass through the checkout.
While most of this week is full of catalog titles -- that are probably meant to help you use up all those gift cards you got over Christmas -- there is at least one day and date title, The Duchess.
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