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...poor ratings, making booze more expensive is political suicide. Brown's Thai counterpart Abhisit enjoys greater popularity among his people, but still cannot afford to anger them - not when his country's unemployment rate has (like Britain's) spiked sharply. But Abhisit needn't have worried. With Songkran fast approaching, the ban was scrapped - not because it was unfair to the responsible majority of Thai drinkers but because, like minimum pricing, there was no guarantee it would make any difference. Thais would either stockpile booze or buy it under the counter...
...Again, $24.1 million, first weekend 2. State of Play, $14.1 million, first weekend 3. Monsters vs. Aliens, $12.9 million; $162.7 million in 24 days 4. Hannah Montana: The Movie, $12.7 million; $56.1 million in 10 days 5. Fast & Furious, $12.3 million; $136.7 million in 17 days 6. Crank: High Voltage, $6.5 million, first weekend 7. Observe and Report, $4.1 million; $18.7 million in 10 days 8. Knowing, $3.5 million; $73.7 million in 31 days 9. I Love You, Man, $3.4 million; $64.7 million in 31 days 10. The Haunting in Connecticut, $3.2 million; $51.9 million in 24 days
...Navy’s always very fast, so we expected them to be a strong competitor [in the varsity races],” Overington said...
...settled into a good rhythm, and we were able to move away from MIT and Princeton,” sophomore coxswain Chris Kingston said. “We were expecting Princeton to give us a fast race, but we were able to move ahead early...
...don’t pay too much attention to rankings, but we know that Yale and Princeton are fast,” Overington said. “It’s great to win these dual races, but the really important races are the championships...