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...until the Austrian ultimatum to Serbia on the evening of July 23 that investors began to feel nervous. Its terms were truly formidable, particularly the demand that Austrian officials be allowed into the country to investigate alleged Serbian sponsorship of the terrorists. The government in Belgrade immediately dismissed the ultimatum as "impossible." Germany took the Austrian side; the Russians lined up with the Serbs. By Aug. 4, a little Balkan difficulty had become a full-scale European...
Even Toyota has seen the average fuel economy of its vehicles decline as it pursued the U.S. market with the fuel-hungry trucks and SUVs that Americans demand. Although public concern over climate change seemed to crystallize this past year, it hasn't been fully reflected in our buying decisions. We're green hypocrites, according to Joel Makower, executive editor of GreenBiz.com "Consumers remain depressingly ignorant about the environmental impact of what they do," he says. "They find no irony in getting into their SUVs to drive a few miles and buy recycled toilet paper." In other words, American consumers...
That--rather than the itch of some gifted writer or director to make an original statement--is the reason these movies get made. Audiences don't demand art here, just terrific entertainment. The first Shrek served that up in style; so did the first Pirates. But the second and third time around, the studio's need for a sure thing is matched by the moviegoer's desire for a familiar one. For all the skills on display, sequels are made primarily to satisfy the consumer's addiction for the same old, some new. Isn't that called...
...lucky producers are the ones who make animated films like Shrek. Mike Myers gets paid handsomely for a few days' work as the green ogre's voice, but the creature himself doesn't demand profit participation. Thus Shrek the Third could cost less than $100 million. In sequel land, that's practically a Sundance-movie number...
...Congress to enlarge the overall size of the armed forces in the future. It will be years before the expanded forces are recruited, trained, equipped and in the field, so that change won't solve the problems a surge creates. But the generals seem to have prevailed on a demand that went nowhere while Rumsfeld was in charge...