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...illegal. But are there any moral distinctions to be drawn between a chief who, in order to satisfy his lust for brandy, sells his own people into slavery and the contemporary politician who, coveting a Mercedes-Benz, embezzles the funds of a charity set up to help orphan children?” But, as Naipaul reiterates, even the most glutinous despot is hopeless without a sympathetic, or at least ambivalent host of subjects: “Africans are content with the political kingdom.”Thirty years after it first appeared in the United States, “North...
...Funny People, $23.4 million, first weekend 2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, $17.7 million; $255.5 million, third week 3. G-Force, $17.1 million; $66.4 million, second week 4. The Ugly Truth, $13 million; $54.5 million, second week 5. Aliens in the Attic, $7.8 million, first weekend 6. Orphan, $7.3 million; $26.8 million, second week 7. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, $5.3 million; $181.9 million, fifth week 8. The Hangover, $5.1 million; $255.8 million, ninth week 9. The Proposal, $4.8 million; $148.9 million, seventh week 10. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, $4.6 million; $388.1 million, sixth week...
...Rowling formed the plots of the books? - Frances Taylor, Sarnia, Ont. Obviously, it's inspired. Otherwise, they wouldn't have done nearly as well as they have. They have taken the best bits of different kinds of literature. It's the latest in a long line of orphan literature. There's the English boarding school. There's the good-vs.-evil thing. The fact that she came up with the entire thing on one train journey is pretty remarkable...
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Clancy contends that the orphan-licensing agreement wasn't extended beyond Google because it was part of a class action settlement pact, and other companies weren't part of the suit. He supports efforts by Congress to pass an orphan-works bill that would give everyone similar legal protection. (See the top 10 fiction books...