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...already make a move. Or if you're some state in Australia, you can make a move. We want to inspire everyone and we want to let people know that the wonderful things that are done in America, that it was at a mayor's conference in Los Angeles a few months ago, there were [approximately] 600 mayors who had signed on to the Kyoto Treaty. They are all doing their share. There are so many states in the United States that have already signed onto that. There are so many great things that are happening despite the fact that...
...about Kalashnikovs and cocaine alongside their traditional ballads of hard work and lost love. Take "Contraband in the Border" by Valentin Elizalde, one of the thousands of drug ballads or narco corridos that are played in cantinas and parties from the mountains of Mexico to the immigrant ghettos of Los Angeles. "There was a big shoot-out/With 14 bullet-filled bodies/And the American government,/took away the marijuana" go the lyrics, as tubas and accordions drone out the melody to the rhythm of a German polka. In November 2006, gunmen ambushed and killed Elizalde and took out his manager...
...Virgin Megastores adapting to the downloading of movies and music? -Strickland Maney, Los AngelesMusic retailing is having an extremely hard time. Stores have had to reinvent themselves. For instance, we launched Virgin Mobile [a cellular provider heavy on hip downloads] and started selling other products like books and games that young people like. Virgin is perhaps one of the most adaptable companies in the world. If one of our industries gets hit, hopefully it is by another industry...
...Erian will become co-CEO and co-chief investment officer at Pacific Investment Management Company, the Los-Angeles-based bond specialist where he had previously served as a managing director and overseen investments in emerging markets. —Staff writer Nathan C. Strauss can be reached at strauss@fas.harvard.edu...
...there when you need her,” helped produce the movie and has given it her signature stamp of approval. Even Harvey Weinstein, initially reluctant to finance the project, has recognized the film’s potential, and the Weinstein Company has now placed large advertisements in the Los Angeles Times.“Bottom line is: Harvey put his money where his mouth is,” Washington says. “He didn’t want to give me as much [money] as I wanted [to make the film], but we came to a good number...