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...wrote this in 1965. Since then, the comic-book collectibles market has exploded. In 2005, according to the Wall Street Journal, "A near-perfect 'Action Comics' No. 1, the book that launched Superman, lists for $485,000, up from $200,000 five years ago." That's nearly a 5 million percent markup from the 1938 street price of 10 cents. In 2002 Nicolas Cage, who had taken his stage name from Luke Cage, the first black comic-book super hero, got $1.68 million for his comics collection, which included an issue that introduced Batman's sidekick Robin and another that...
...week after Nintendo's Wii debuted in November, the Wall Street Journal reported that the gaming console was leaving some users as sore as the gym often does. Unlike traditional hand-held video games, where users sit on the couch exercising little more than their thumbs, the Wii (pronounced "we" not "why") features digital sensors that let users virtually play the game. In Wii Sports, a game that comes with the console, users mimic the motions used in sports like bowling, tennis and baseball. In other words, the game may be virtual, but the physical exertion is very real...
...much so that, according to the Journal, gamers complained of "aching backs, sore shoulders - even something some have dubbed "Wii elbow." Nintendo spokeswoman Perrin Kaplan downplayed the report, saying the company hadn't received any complaints from users about soreness. "If people are finding themselves sore, they may need to exercise more," she said. "It was not meant to be a Jenny Craig supplement...
Sources: Wall Street Journal (2); New York Times (2); Center for American Progress (2); Agence France-Presse...
...went on to win a Pulitzer Prize. Nicholas D. Kristof ’82 won both a special citation from the Shorenstein Center and a Pulitzer last year. The six teams of reporters nominated for this year’s finals wrote for The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, The Seattle Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and The Miami Herald. Their investigations ranged from an expose of “the tactics of unscrupulous debt collection firms” in Massachusetts to “unethical manipulation” of stock options by Wall Street executives...