Word: lootings
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...Studios are bankrolling these mega-budget films because they can realistically expect to get back as much as $1 billion at the box office worldwide and another billion in DVDs, not to mention the action figures, amusement park rides and other sources of loot. But in a world where you can get a darn satisfying laugh from a free online video starring Will Ferrell and a toddler, it's worth asking, what makes a movie add up to $300 million...
...face on the 4 million." He says, "The statistics in Congo are so important and big, and yet no one talks about them." He called his 2002 book on Congo 100 Years of Darkness. A century ago, Conrad wrote that European settlement in Africa was "the vilest scramble for loot that ever disfigured the history of human conscience and geographical exploration." Referring to the warring parties who have visited so much misery on Congo's people in this war, Bleasdale says, "those words are as valid today as they were then...
...customers wandering through the exhibits this time were two investigators from the National Archives. They passed out brochures on how to spot historical documents stolen from the government and chatted with the dealers to let them know that the feds are now becoming more interested in retrieving the valuable loot. The investigators also quietly browsed through the wares on display, looking for anything that might belong to the Archives...
...Chandra takes you inside the world of a Bombay cop. After reading the book, you'll swear you know precisely how to collect a bribe from a nightclub owner, how to count the money in a glance, and where to find the smart fellow who will shift the loot to a Swiss bank account. Rarely entirely honest or entirely rotten, Chandra's Bombay exists in a penumbra of moral ambiguity-which is why Sacred Games is one of the best novels about India in a long time. -By Aravind Adiga...
...Advocate and Manager of Patient Relations Linda Cannon, who coordinated the fair. “There are clinicians and nurses here who are here to help.” While some students came for the information and services offered at the fair, others said they turned out for the loot. “I came here for the free stuff,” Burton H. Shen ’09 said. Almost every table gave away goods consistent with the theme of the booth. Where the dental health booth offered toothbrushes, the Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Services handed...