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...Lang's flawed masterpiece is set in a futuristic city divided into two castes: the workers, who have to live and toil underground, and the rich and privileged, able to enjoy the good life in huge skyscrapers above. Presiding over them all is god-like tycoon Joh Fredersen (Alfred Abel). The clear separation of society starts to break down when his son, Freder (played by Gustav Fröhlich) falls in love with Maria (Brigitte Helm), the workers' beautiful leader. A complicated plot ensues, revolving around a robot created in Maria's image, and the film culminates in a revolution...
...recent interview with TIME that capital spending was a key reason the Hummer had to go. With the market shifting away from trucks, GM felt it did not have enough resources to support four distinct truck brands, and the Hummer's reputation as a gas-guzzling toy for rich boys couldn't have helped its cause...
...least on a human scale. (For climate history, it will occur in the blink of an eye.) Climate crusaders risk being seen as crying wolf should they forecast Armageddon, only to be met instead with a world that remains mostly the same in the short term, especially for the rich - but one that gets inexorably worse, especially for the poor. Global warming is very scary because once it truly gets started, we may in the end be helpless to stop it. But fear has never been a very good motivator, especially not for the decades-long societal changes...
Dennis, 61, is kind enough to tip his hand about what makes him so damn smart. He is not alone in that regard. How to Get Rich, a No. 1 best seller in the U.K., is the latest entry into the burgeoning entrepreneurial tell-all-book sweepstakes. Books in Print reports that the supply of titles written by entrepreneurs or about entrepreneurship has grown more than 60% since 2002, to more than...
...Rich is a cautionary tale. Dennis is the first to tell you that you and your loved ones will pay a price for compulsively pursuing the almighty dollar (or the more valuable pound). The author, a lifetime bachelor, confides that his preoccupation with chasing money "led me into a lifestyle of narcotics, high-class whores, drink and consolatory debauchery...