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...Number of performances of Phantom of the Opera through Jan. 9, when it overtook Cats as the longest-running show ever on Broadway...
...used in a new generation of Brazilian cars called Flex. The cars work like traditional vehicles but can run on either gasoline or ethanol derived from sugar cane--a commodity in abundance in Brazil. Volkswagen, Ford, Fiat and GM all produce Flex lines. In May sales of Flex vehicles overtook gasoline models for the first time. By August, Flex sales had risen 61.7%. "I am hard pressed to think of any other technology that has been such a success so quickly," says Barry Engle, president of Ford Brasil...
...Hispanics in the United States would be doomed to perpetual marginalization. Latinos lagged behind whites, African Americans and Asians in income, buying power, education and health. Their image in the media-if it appeared at all-was generally relegated to gardeners, maids and barrio gangsters. When sales of salsa overtook ketchup in the early 1990s only Heinz seemed to care. Then came Ricky Martin and his bilingual anthem to "Living La Vida Loca." The song redefined urban pop and Latinos, almost overnight, became cool...
...sport has a more recent precedent in Tonga. In the 1920s authorities prohibited the playing of cricket, which had so gripped the local men that they were neglecting their crops. "It was a food security issue," says Puloka, adding that the ban lasted a decade. In the 1950s, rugby overtook cricket as Tonga's favorite sport and it remains so today...
...victory sign with his fingers, then died. Another of the killers dropped to the floor and pretended to be a victim. When the shooting stopped completely, he began to crawl slowly away. Then he broke into a run. "Catch him, catch him!" several passengers yelled. A policeman overtook him and stopped him with a punch...