The news out of the once-glamorous record business is mostly grim these days, as it has been since the advent of the original Napster--headlines tend to highlight sales declines, a lack of new superstars and executive beheadings.

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An overseas assignment sounds glamorous and romantic, but then you find it takes three days to convince the leasing company to hook up the clothes dryer, you can't communicate with the corner butcher and your kids hate their new school and long for their friends.

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Following months of rallies, speeches and media interviews, President George Bush and Democrat John Kerry are focusing their final days before Tuesday's election on the less glamorous but crucial task of getting their supporters to the polls, an artless science that's especially important in the swing states that could decide who wins the race.

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