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...stage - and that inspired directors like Julie Taymor (The Lion King) and Francesca Zambello (The Little Mermaid) to come up with unique, often inspired stage equivalents. Computer animation, however, adds a level of realistic detail - nuances of facial expression, a more subtle, offhand approach to comedy - that seems to demand a more literal approach...
...according to a new survey by the Mexican polling firm Gabinete de Comunicacion Estrategica. In the same poll, 45% of Mexicans who have a phone line said they've been victims of telephone extortion, in which persons call a residence, claim they've abducted a family member and demand a ransom. Often the claims of abduction are false; but either way, because the fear of kidnapping is so high in Mexico, the callers usually get money...
...Until mid-2008, you were butting up against lagging supply growth," says Greg Priddy, global oil analyst at the Eurasia Group in Washington. "But this drop is driven by collapse in demand. Nothing is going to globally control that." The scale of the oil market, with multiple new producing countries and burgeoning new consumer markets around the world, puts it beyond the control of Opec. "The market will just be more volatile," says Priddy...
...volatility of the past year is a product not simply of supply and demand factors, but are caused by the ways in which oil is traded, say some experts, who recommend the introduction of mechanisms designed to prevent speculators from plunging into markets and withdrawing billions of dollars just as suddenly. "The prices are being largely made in the paper markets," says Paul Stevens, energy analyst at the London think tank Chatham House. "People are moving in and out of the market on a daily basis." The market is especially open to speculation since oil is traded in futures...
...interview with the Yale Daily News Tuesday, Levin said Yale would continue to move forward on its most important aims, though new fiscal realities would demand more budgetary discipline than in recent years, when the university could support "virtually every good idea that came along...