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...economy in 2006, according to the U.K. Film Council, an increase of 39% over 2004. But while inward investment from overseas filmmakers jumped 28% to nearly $650 million in the first half of 2007 compared to the same period in 2006, overall spending for the first six months was flat at around $900 million. The U.K. industry could also take a hit if the screenwriters' strike in the U.S. continues. Pinewood's already announced a $6 million loss of revenue for 2008 because the strike postponed filming of The Da Vinci Code sequel. The unpredictable nature of the movie business...
...Frantic efforts to draw in new customers through a variety of marketing tactics appear to give the Flag something of an identity crisis: Slot machines glow in one corner; another looks like a homely living room; garish posters advertise budget meals; flat screens hang ready for televised sports; a bar runs the length of the pub to a small stage that showcases local rock bands. But, the vast pub is empty. Says Herring, "They know we are closing so they won't even renew Sky Sports [the subscription TV channel that carries Premier League soccer...
...players on NHL rosters today, only 12 are black - a level that has remained flat over the last decade. "Sport as an institution doesn't just fall out of the sky," says Earl Smith, a Wake Forest University sociologist who wrote about blacks in hockey in his 2007 book Race, Sport and the American Dream. "It has to be embedded in the community, in the society the sport is trying to reach. For the NHL, it's a losing proposition...
Imagine if Pistorius' blades made him exactly as biomechanically efficient as a normal runner. What should be the baseline: Normal for the average man? Or for the average Olympian? Cyclist Lance Armstrong was born with a heart and lungs that can make a mountain feel flat; he also trained harder than anyone on the planet. Where's the unfair advantage? George Eyser's wooden leg didn't stop him from winning six Olympic gymnastics medals, including in the parallel bars. But that was 1904; legs have improved since then...
...Mexican-inspired," says YRI's Allan, "and Mexicans should feel proud of that." Its advertising slogan is "Es otra cosa," or "It's something else"--a pointed acknowledgment that what Yanks call a taco doesn't resemble the real thing at all (the closest thing, a tostada, is a flat, hard cornmeal disk). Fries and ice cream are lumped onto the menu, the better to differentiate it from the offerings at the ubiquitous taquerias. But the items are proving so popular, they may remain on the menus in the next markets, which Yum says include Dubai, the Philippines, Spain...