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...movies typically breed clones. And in this election year, with stakes and tempers high, a potent nonfiction genre is emerging: the agit-doc, dealing with high-octane political issues, often in a confrontational tone. Trailing Moore's box-office clout, agit-docs are surging into the mainstream. One of them, The Hunting of the President, co-directed by Clinton pal Harry Thomason, was originally to go to 30 theaters; now its distributor has revved that number to 125 and has put the film's trailer on many screens showing Fahrenheit 9/11...
...accomplishment, the creation of two to three years of stability." Until very recently, such pessimism was a minority view. The government hard-line was seen by business executives and analysts as a political power struggle, not a reassertion of the Kremlin's invisible hand in guiding the economy. The clout of the siloviki, President Vladimir Putin's coterie of security and military associates who retain a Soviet-style attachment to state economic control, was downplayed. Yukos, it was thought, would be allowed to pay its tax bills by handing over its 35% share in another oil company, Sibneft. Putin himself...
...take LG to the top only if he manages to solve that pesky branding problem. Its rival did it: four years ago, few in the electronics industry could have predicted the growing dominance of Samsung, despite its solid technology and financial clout. Samsung's surprise was its savvy at brand building. "In terms of the ingredients, LG has everything?the quality, the packaging, the global marketing reach," says Nam Park, an analyst at HSBC Securities in Hong Kong. "What's missing is the magic. It's missing that je ne sais quoi." If Kim finds it, he'll probably pour...
...take LG to the top only if he manages to solve that pesky branding problem. Its rival did it: four years ago, few in the electronics industry could have predicted the growing dominance of Samsung, despite its solid technology and financial clout. Samsung's surprise was its savvy at brand building. "In terms of the ingredients, LG has everything--the quality, the packaging, the global marketing reach," says Nam Park, an analyst at HSBC Securities in Hong Kong. "What's missing is the magic. It's missing that je ne sais quoi." If Kim finds it, he'll probably pour...
...bombing in Afghanistan to the decision to hold the Miss World beauty pageant in Abuja, the capital. Many Nigerians argue that the real reason for the violence is not ethnic or religious division - most Nigerians have peacefully coexisted for centuries - but the scramble for scarce resources and political clout. Though Nigeria produces some 2.4 million barrels of oil a day, most Nigerians live in poverty. The average person earns $290 a year. Because the money from oil exports trickles down only through a corrupt system of patronage, those in office hold huge power. To gain that power, politicians manipulate religious...