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...Seoul's secrets are out, big time. Sony's Columbia TriStar Films recently agreed to fund a South Korean production com-pany's movie about the hit squad ordered to kill Kim Il Sung. (Filming will start this August.) Hewing closely to the original story, the movie will expose a part of history that most Koreans know little about. Under past military governments, it was taboo to mention the spy operations, says producer Jonathan Kim: "We were taught we didn't do stuff like that, only the North did. Nobody has talked about...
...major campaign donors under 30 has something to do with politicians’ willingness to disregard the opinions of twenty-somethings. Unfortunately, but unsurprisingly, this disregard reinforces the apathy among college-age potential voters. Young people have exploded into national prominence in the last decade as entrepreneurs, dot-com millionaires, pop stars and community activists. The ’90s recognized the power of youth to change social and economic culture. The current decade must witness a corresponding expansion in the political influence of the young. Young people must remember the power of law to improve social conditions...
...many? Call it a bunch of drunken sailors nursing a hangover. When AOL and Time Warner first decided to merge, the dot-com love affair was raging and the stock of the combined companies was worth $290 billion, mostly thanks to the price of AOL. By the time the stock-swap deal closed a year later, the bubble had burst, AOL was back on earth, and even though AOL had technically been the acquirer (thanks to that high stock price), the new AOL Time Warner suddenly had a relative lemon on its hands...
TURBO TOOTHBRUSH Yes, it's expensive, but the makers of the Dental Air Force ($400) insist it makes sense to put your money where your mouth is. The toaster-size teeth-cleaning device, which you can buy online at www.dentalairforce com attacks plaque with a jet stream of air, water and cleaning fluid in a power wash. It's definitely a gizmo that only a dentist could love...
...protect its lead, DoCoMo has been forced to spend more in sales commissions and handset subsidies, narrowing profit margins. Compounding the com-pany's problems is a disturbing dip in the all-important average revenue per user, called the ARPU in industry lingo. Thanks in part to i-mode, Japan's cell-phone users spend more on wireless services than their counterparts elsewhere in the world?about $63 per month compared with $53 in the U.S., for example. But recession-weary Japanese are cutting back on spending by going without or substituting cheaper wireless e-mail for expensive voice calls...