Advertisers, in a sense, want you to date them, and they will pay more for good prospects.

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As General Petraeus has said, we will assess the progress made in December and begin a responsible conditions-based transition to Afghan security leadership, on a province-by-province basis, in July 2011, a date that represents both our sense of urgency for Afghanistan to step up and our resolve to meet our stated goals.

WHITEHOUSE: An Obligation to Those Who Serve

That it went along even though it could only begin full-fledged work and training at its mammoth Super Terminal 1 on July 2 -- surely a recipe for disaster -- is testimony to how operational realities and common sense were set aside in pursuit of the July date.

CNN: A Date with Disaster

There is no precise date on offer - but those with a sense of history in the SNP (and there are one or two) are recalling that the old pre-Union Scottish Parliament was adjourned on the 25th of March 1707 - as Winnie Ewing famously recalled when she opened the new devolved version in 1999.

BBC: Giving in to temptation

So it is with some sense of guilt that I admit to being a closet fan of Blind Date--the raunchy comedy on the WB Network featuring men and women on a first date.

FORBES: The Cheap Decade

There is a small sense of that now happening in the application layer of the upcoming smartphone, though to date most commentary has been around the UI.

FORBES: Why The RIM Share Price is Headed Up

Going forward, the only way Romney defeat the Gingrich-led insurgent challenge stripped him of his claim to inevitability once and for all is if he can stay on the offense, descend from his Ivory Tower and generate a sense of authenticity and competence with the electorate that he has been unable to achieve to date.

FORBES: Resurgent, But Not-Yet Inevitable