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...need two stars to be a hit, The Hangover proved it doesn't need any. Same with the starless Up (sorry, all you Ed Asner fans), which in its fourth weekend amassed another $21.3 million, for a domestic total thus far of $224.1 million. In no time Pixar's alter-kocker comedy will pass Star Trek, yet another no-star wonder, as the year's top-grossing film - until, that is, the Transformers or Harry Potter sequels overtake it. See a trend, folks? Stars don't sell movies; brands, genres and word-of-mouth sell movies...
...notion that American action is unhelpful to reformers, this simply contradicts historical experience. Successful movements to alter authoritarian and totalitarian regimes almost always depend on internal dissent backed by strong international support. Those key factors are often required to get a regime's enablers - including domestic security forces - to lose confidence and eventually succumb...
...much easier and cost-effective to modulate an individual's environment than it is to alter their genetic code," says Buckholtz. And until the gene is better understood, that investment will pay off for those with the MAO-A defect and those without...
...does Acxiom figure who is a "likely spender"? First, it asks. Monthly surveys by BIG Research, a separate company, inquire about how people's shopping habits have shifted and how changes - like gas-price increases - might alter habits. Then Acxiom digs into it own database, one of the most formidable collections of consumer data in the world. (A Fortune magazine headline once read, "Never Heard of Acxiom? Chances Are It's Heard of You.") Acxiom tracks some 128 million households, compiling data on everything from credit-card transactions to newspaper subscriptions. Some 1,500 data fields go into the computer...
...finally, just as America can never tolerate violence by extremists, we must never alter our principles. 9/11 was an enormous trauma to our country. The fear and anger that it provoked was understandable, but in some cases, it led us to act contrary to our ideals. We are taking concrete actions to change course. I have unequivocally prohibited the use of torture by the United States, and I have ordered the prison at Guantanamo Bay closed by early next year...