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...going to saturate the market." Heavin says at current growth rates, the domestic Curves franchises will be sold out next year. There are 500 foreign franchises, in Mexico, Canada and several European countries, and he plans to step up expansion in those markets. (Heavin tweaks the formula to accommodate local preferences. Curves locations overseas, for instance, have showers, amenities not offered to American women because they tend to prefer the privacy of their own bathrooms.) Curves, a book of workout and diet advice co-authored by Heavin, is hitting stores now. The women keep coming, hoping for better bodies--without...
...Will communist cinema still dominate once private studios gear up? The government thinks it has the winning formula. Its next big production is Luoi Troi (Heaven's Net), which chronicles the lavish spending of corrupt officials and criminals. Hoang, who as a state employee, makes less than $100 a month, is already thinking like a Hollywood mogul-he's penning a sequel, Bar Girls 2. Speculation about the plot is already rife, since the original's main characters are all either dead or dying of AIDS. "People will just have to buy a ticket and see," he says. No doubt...
...Nair’s films certainly don’t typify the Bollywood formula,” Fonseca says. “They are generally more sophisticated. Her films are successful and compelling precisely because [of their] frankness and storytelling flair…The viewer can identify with the characters and is soon completely hooked...
...most significant activity - foreign and security policy - firmly in the ambit of the European Council. Many fear that the Commission, which considers itself the protector of E.U. treaties, would be transformed into a mere administrator of social and economic matters. And under a revamped voting formula in the Council of Ministers, where national representatives meet to agree on common E.U. policies, larger states could easily ram through or block legislation. Giscard even wanted to set up a new body - the European Congress - made up of national and European parliamentarians. The Congress was intended to meet only occasionally to debate constitutional...
...show’s date formula includes a dinner where each suitor tries to outdo the others, drinks at a local hot-spot bar and dancing at a crowded night club...