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...Avatar, $720.2 million, $2.559 billion 2. Up. $293 million, $723 million 3. Inglourious Basterds, $120.5 million, $313.6 million 4. District 9, $115.6 million, $304.8 million 5. The Blind Side, $250.5 million, $251 million 6. Up in the Air, $83 million, $153.5 million 7. Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, $47.4 million. $53.3 million 8. A Serious Man, $9.2 million, $24.2 million 9. The Hurt Locker, $14.7 million, $21.4 million 10. An Education, $12.1 million, $17.1 million...
...part, the slippage is a function of the district's changing character. Though Harlem continues to be a capital of black culture, it is no longer predominantly black. Gentrification, a vaunted history and a prime location near Manhattan's Central Park have made it a magnet for New Yorkers of all stripes, and today less than half of the district's residents are African American. The demographic realignment means the district's elected officials face different political challenges. "When the baton is passed to you, you have to run the race of the moment," says Bill Perkins, a state senator...
...limits and paving the way for the ascension of black leaders around the country. In the process, they turned Harlem - long the epicenter of African-African culture - into a political mecca, its pull strong enough to entice former President Bill Clinton to base his foundation headquarters on the district's main thoroughfare of 125th Street. But with Rangel, 79, giving up his gavel, the Paterson era in Albany lurching toward an end and Dinkins having long since stepped away from the scene, Harlem's political might has diminished. (See the top 10 political gaffes...
...current crop of Harlem politicians know that measuring up to their predecessors' accomplishments is impossible. "They are absolutely historic figures," says New York state assemblyman Keith Wright, who represents the district. "Without Percy, Charlie, Basil and Dinkins, you probably wouldn't have this number of [politicians] in Brooklyn, in the Bronx, in Queens. They're pioneers." But Wright acknowledges that the power they accumulated is now flowing elsewhere - to the outer boroughs of New York City and to cities like Chicago, President Barack Obama's adopted hometown...
Over the years, the Swiss government has also skillfully doled out intelligence dollops to its American counterparts to keep the U.S. government from pressing too much. That may have been one reason recently retired Manhattan district attorney Robert Morgenthau, who had butted against Swiss bank secrecy repeatedly since the 1960s, was not able to make many cases. The federal government is more earnest than ever, he says, but the resolve comes when the locus of tax evasion has already shifted to other havens. "Switzerland is not the No. 1 problem any more. The Caymans is the biggest problem," he says...