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The theme of a recent front-page story in the New York Times was that the failure to flex political muscle demonstrates an arrogance and stubbornness for which Microsoft is now paying the price.
The deal brings Russia the chance to flex its slackened superpower muscles, but at the cost of providing shelter to Belarus' destitute population, bankrupt government, and bone-dry economy.
The film "wants to say something about the commodification of spirituality, but has no idea what" (Rod Dreher, the New York Post ). Treading ground previously trod by Being There , Network , and Forrest Gump , the screenplay doesn't give Murphy a chance to flex his comedic muscles, and the result is weak satire.
The Majority 2000 site, which plans to launch next January, is part of a growing trend of powerful voting blocs using the Internet to flex their political muscles.
The upshot: Workers don't care much about parental leave and flex time.