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...Dark Knight's unprecedented box-office might is "mind-boggling for us," says Dan Fellman, president of domestic distribution for Warner Bros. Pictures. (TIME and Warner Bros. are both subsidiaries of Time Warner.) The film benefited from a unique mix of factors beyond the usual superhero movie hype, including a buzzed-about performance by the late Heath Ledger as the Joker, perfectly pitched marketing, agile distribution and gas prices that have made a night at the movies an attractive alternative to a summer road trip. It also helps that The Dark Knight, as most critics and audiences attest...
...wheelies, students who wear droopy pants and truckers who hang fake cojones on their rigs. It also slashed $5 billion from the state budget. "I just got in an argument about whether we're 50th or 45th in the nation in graduation rates," says Florida house minority leader Dan Gelber. "What a great debate to have...
...Also, naming a running mate in the glare of a convention can be risky, as George H.W. Bush learned when he introduced a bouncingly boyish Dan Quayle to skeptical reviews during the 1988 Republican convention in New Orleans. It's probably no coincidence that after that experience, G.O.P. candidates joined the Democrats in rolling out their partners in advance...
...basketball is well known. "I could get to the rim on anybody," he told HBO's Bryant Gumbel of his high school hoops days. He could not even play golf for fun, taking lessons to lower his handicap after a few poor performances. "Barack hates to lose," says Dan Shomon, an old Chicago political aide...
Ivanovic caught a crucial break when a Serbian tennis instructor touted her to one of his clients, a Swiss businessman named Dan Holzmann. Intrigued, Holzmann invited Ivanovic and her mother to his home in Basel, the Swiss city that produced Roger Federer. "We all fell in love with each other," Holzmann says. He made a bet: he would cover Ivanovic's expenses, praying that she could repay him down the line. He hired a coach and paid for Ivanovic's training in Switzerland. Holzmann's bill: $500,000. As soon as Ivanovic signed a four-year, multimillion-dollar deal with...