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...please a recession audience. Though fewer studio films were released in Jan.-Apr. 2009, the North American box-office numbers rose 16%, and attendance 14%. As Gitesh Pandya notes on boxofficeguru.com, "the number of $20M+ openers rose from 11 last year to 18 this year while the amount of films crossing the $100M mark skyrocketed from just one in 2008 to six in the current year." Pandya points out that the summer biggies should benefit from the success of off-season fare, since moviegoers get bombarded with previews of coming attractions, the previews often tailored to the genre...
...month of August. Such a scheme can lead to laziness - drag out the old faves for the 30th time - but the staff often spotlights less obvious names, actors whose careers merit a close look: Marie Dressler, Constance Bennett, Peter Lorre and Trevor Howard all have shone in what amount to one-day retrospectives. In June, TCM will try a similar tack with the stars behind the camera: two directors a day for 30 days...
...collaboration is to expand translational research, which aims to apply the findings of basic science investigations to clinical practices and treatments. Kirchhausen, who will serve as HMS Director of the HMS-Portugal Program, said that the new program would be funded entirely by the Portuguese government, although the precise amount has not yet been finalized. “We’re all very interested and excited,” Kirchhausen said. “We’ve received many communications from people at Harvard and hospitals indicating how excited they were and asking how they could participate...
...mater or simply to ourselves. Although Harvard’s educational program makes an ambiguous contribution to the future net worth of its students, a Harvard degree remains a strong predictor of high earnings later in life—yet it cannot guarantee success. Attempts to place a dollar amount on human life offend our moral sensibilities; success, too, is insufficiently captured by the callousness of a quantity. Ultimately, it is the prerogative of each individual to secure success on her own terms, whether they be monetary or otherwise...
...Student Art Show garnered a significant amount of interest, receiving over 500 submissions from the Harvard community. “The amount of interest really blew us away,” Wang says. “Just the sheer number really took us by surprise. Not only the number, but the diversity...