The country's travel industry is under stress: a series of failures by Russian tour operators this year left thousands of tourists stranded at their holiday destinations, unable to fly home on their original tickets.
Sherlock had the highest audience of the day but not the biggest of the holiday period, unable to top an opponent even more powerful than Moriarty – Mrs Brown's Boys, the BBC1 sitcom which drew 9.4 million viewers on Christmas Day.
A group of holiday orphans -- unable to get away for Thanksgiving -- will band together and make a meal that is far more sophisticated than the one their parents are serving, or perhaps not nearly as good.
Following is the text of an e-mail message sent on Monday by James E. O'Shea after he was ousted as editor of The Los Angeles Times: I made these farewell remarks in the newsroom today and I wanted to share them with everyone in case they took off the holiday and were unable to attend.
In the retail sector, holiday shoppers were unable to boost the scuffling industry, as overall sales for December declined by 0.4%, disappointing analysts that had expected a flat month.
His second wife remarked that he got horribly bored on family holidays because he was unable to make things up.
With indications that some schools could remain closed until the summer holidays, city officials were unable to say when those pupils would return to their usual schools.
Symptoms include: exhaustion, insecurity, poor concentration, withdrawal, feeling vulnerable, intrusive thoughts, feeling threatened, anxiety, feeling alienated, sleep problems, loss of confidence, forgetfulness, despair and hopelessness, lack of boundaries, no holidays, feeling indispensable, feeling unable to listen and cynicism.
Lock took two weeks' paid annual leave at the end of December 2011, and although he was paid commission for previous sales that fell due during the holiday period, he suffered financially in the months following the holiday because he was unable to generate commission for the period he was away.
Thank goodness I had Monday, Oct. 6, off for the Jewish holiday -- I was unable to put your New York issue (Oct . 5 down the entire day.
