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...35th birthday last year, the franchise still generates perhaps $200 million a year in revenues when you add up movie grosses, TV ad sales and what's spent on books (500 have been published), DVDs and tchotchkes (Trek ornaments are always among Hallmark's top holiday sellers). Paramount claims merchandise sales have exceeded $4 billion over Trek's lifetime; 470 people have actually paid $5,000 apiece for a life-size replica of the villain Locutus. The newer series haven't done as well as Star Trek: The Next Generation, but last year TNN reportedly paid $364 million...
...35th birthday last year, the franchise still generates perhaps $200 million a year in revenues when you add up movie grosses, TV ad sales and what's spent on books (500 have been published), DVDs and tchotchkes (Trek ornaments are always among Hallmark's top holiday sellers). Paramount claims merchandise sales have exceeded $4 billion over Trek's lifetime; 470 people have actually paid $5,000 apiece for a life-size replica of the villain Locutus. The newer series haven't done as well as Star Trek: The Next Generation, but last year U.S. cable channel tnn reportedly paid...
...through trial and error, Asian governments are now rapidly developing a reasonably good understanding of the terrorist network: its functionaries, assets, linkages and modus operandi. JI is a multinational organization of some 400 trained members operating across territorial borders. Therefore, it's paramount for regional governments to develop a regional task force to fight JI. Whenever JI has been targeted in one place, its operatives and assets have moved to a neighboring country. The nature of the JI organization is such that no one single country can successfully fight and dismantle it. The key to fighting JI lies in common...
However, while new policies on preventative rape education and resources have been long-needed, the committee should not forget that the College should strive to create a safe community where sexual violence is unacceptable and will be severely punished. It is then of paramount importance that Harvard’s disciplinary system be as accessible as possible. However, this accessibility is hampered by the corroboration rule. In fact, it was realized long ago that this requirement is inappropriate, leading to its repeal from the law books in almost every state, including Massachusetts in 1968. As a result, the committee must...
...eastward to the Pakistan border, where al-Qaeda and the Taliban are still potent, the principal mission of the U.S. must for now remain military, Myers says. But in the remaining three-quarters of the country, it might be time to "flip our priorities," he says, and make reconstruction paramount. "That's what we're debating right now inside government." Myers says rebuilding Afghanistan would not be "a U.S.-only effort" and would require "a lot of help from the international community." But given that the war was driven by Washington, the initiative for a global effort to reconstruct Afghanistan...