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...limiting the number of toothpicks in the aircraft galley to one per passenger. These ideas were discarded, but more practical ones were quickly implemented. Korean Air removed two unused TV antennas previously mounted on the rear of all its planes. The reduction in drag saves almost 30 kilograms of jet fuel per hour. Pilots now shut off one engine while they taxi, saving yet more fuel. And luggage is now loaded farther aft, shifting each plane's center of gravity and helping to keep the nose lifted with less power while flying. "We've got to make these ideas work...
...Performance of the Week For two years Miramax let it languish. But with Quentin Tarantino's imprimatur, Zhang Yimou's Hero finally hit U.S. theaters on Aug. 27?and what a hit it was. In its first weekend the multi-hued martial-arts thriller, which stars Jet Li as an imperial assassin, earned $18 million?a record opening for an Asian movie and the second best for a foreign language film after The Passion of the Christ...
...birthday party ($42,870), for "summer drinks" ($24,050) and for dinners with board director Henry Kissinger ($28,480) Hefty Salaries Black and his executives earned more than $218 million in "management fees." In one case, Black's wife was paid $1.1 million for "little, if any, work" The Jet-Setters From 2000 to 2003, the report says, the company spent $23.7 million on two jets that were used "extensively for personal purposes...
...does a persuasive version of desperation. But her vocal maturity is undercut by songs--originals this time--that are not objectionable, just forgettable. The melodies quote her old soul faves, but they're nowhere near as hooky, while love, the central theme of her lyrics, is predictably like jet lag, a board game or a car. Mind, Body & Soul proves that Stone can sing, but for now she remains a soul singer mostly by declaration. --By Josh Tyrangiel
...fable from the 3rd century B.C. refracted in modern skepticism, Hero views the birth of the Chinese nation through the murky motives of some of the first Emperor's potential assassins. The plot is a series of tales told by the warrior Nameless (Jet Li) to the Emperor (Chen Daoming). Any or none of the stories may be true; this is Rashomon with a Mandarin accent...