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The Little suit drops during yet another period of descent into chaos by Olympic movement bodies in their efforts — or at least their P.R. gestures toward — stemming widespread abuse in youth sports programs.

Sometimes, there are half-baked attempts to claim they want men to control themselves, but that's more a P.R. move than a sincere effort.

“If this motion passes,” Mandel added, “not only will we lose many Jewish and Israel-supporting members, but the negative P.R. that will result will be tremendous,” including potential harm to candidates that the union is endorsing for the Board of Education.

“An English publisher simply doesn’t have a P.R. strategy in France or Germany or the Netherlands,” Schumacher-Gebler said.

Still, prominent cancellations of high-priced shows is another possible P.R. headache for Live Nation, the owner of Ticketmaster, which last month was sued by the Justice Department over accusations that it operates an illegal monopoly that stifles competition and results in high prices and fees.