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Boeing's taunts obscure the quiet transformation of Airbus from a sort of pan-European employment agency to a savvier, profit-driven company. The 30-year-old manufacturer was the first to introduce a sophisticated fly-by-wire system (where the pilot's actions send electronic signals, rather than pulling cables, to maneuver the plane) and adopt virtually uniform cockpits for its entire fleet (thereby lowering the cost of pilot training). And Airbus often sells its jets for less than comparable Boeing models. "I'm a red-blooded American, and I want to see our side succeed," says David Neeleman...
...tomorrow, but someday, viewers may know or care nothing about what network their favorite shows are on. It's not hard to imagine the day that someone takes a profitable hit and moves it to satellite, or a cheap cable station, where a nation's smart set-top boxes will find it just as easily as if it were on a network - and with more profit going to the creators. Anything that helps viewers further break the network habit - and "Survivor" or no, a strike would do just that - would weaken the networks' brands, which are the only important assets...
...success was the comedic pairing, and the chemistry between the detectives. Chan and his self-effacing humor and ample physical comedy skills play well off Tucker's lanky antics and brash American swagger as they both exploit the cultural differences in their partnership. If there is a guaranteed profit-maker in the summer's lineup, this would be it . The first grossed...
...historical novel, it is not surprising that Styron was asked how he would change his novel in the light of new historical evidence, if he were to write his novel today. With a bemused smile, Styron explained his theory: “A historical novel doesn’t profit from too much historical information,” he said. He then compared writing a novel to furnishing a room: it is necessary to add enough furniture (historical facts) to make the room comfortable, but it’s important to remember that no one likes an over-furnished room...
...paying screenwriters millions of dollars for their mostly sophomoric work, the studios could get multi-millionaires to pay them big bucks to produce their equally jejune screenplays. And why not have billionaires pay to star in the movie itself? This way, the studios would be able to make a profit even before the film starts shooting and then avoid all that tricky accounting to show that it lost money. And like being a President or an astronaut, being an actor doesn't require any particular credentials either...