For most consumers today's Internet, far from being a perfect market, is the high street from hell.

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After two preview shows were cancelled earlier this week, Manilow's website posted a statement saying the Grammy-winning performer would be ready for opening night "come hell or high water".

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It is the policy that has gotten strange: Democrats and Republicans seem hell-bent on protecting millions of high-income people from deficit-cutting tax hikes.

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Third, high technology companies have their own product cycle, which makes it difficult to predict whether a fallen high-technology angel is about to rise to paradise again or burn in hell.

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Players choose one of five characters representing the five year-round Big Boss brews: Hell's Belle, Bad Penny, Angry Angel, Blanco Diablo and High Roller.

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