Shop.org leaders observed that online retailers recorded strong traffic on the Monday after Thanksgiving, when consumers returned to work — and high-speed Internet connections — and spent the day browsing shops online and making their wish lists.
It is not power but notoriety -- an especially transient or raffish aspect of celebrity -- that determines the degree of heat: "As one of the largest shareholders of AOL-Time Warner, Ted Turner certainly is as powerful as most world leaders," observed the temperature-takers, "but in terms of heat, he's Mr. Freeze".
"Chicago gangland leaders observed Valentine's Day with machine guns and a stream of bullets," declared The New York Times, "and as a result seven members of the George (Bugs) Moran-Dean O'Banion, North Side Gang are dead in the most cold-blooded gang massacre in the history of this city's underworld".
The leaders observed a minute's silence before the march began.
The Congressional leaders observed that the Administration's own estimates of the social costs of carbon show that the additional carbon pollution from Keystone XL will impose $71 billion in costs.
At the request of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, prior to the official launch of the summit at 11 00am this morning, world leaders observed a minute of silence in memory of those killed in the recent attacks in Paris, Beirut, and Bamako.
Business leaders observed that company chief executive officers often exercise greater authority than government officials to mandate changes or enforce adherence to policies and standards across locations.
But its influence is limited compared to that of the regional giant, Indonesia, about which both Singaporean and Malaysian leaders observe a respectful silence.
In practical terms, the generals have interpreted their mandate as authority to set parameters of acceptable behavior for the government and remain in the barracks as long as the civilian leaders observe the boundaries.
Saudi leaders observe the dictum that they cannot afford any fundamentalist enemies on the salafist end of the Islamic theological continuum.
