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...remade as live-action movies. Forget about Spider-Man 2, this summer's much-hyped American comic-book film; Spidey is just a gaijin in a tight suit. From the lithe, demon-slaying Devilman to the clunky robot Iron Man 28, Japan has its own superhero pantheon that is ripe for recycling on the big screen. The Japanese love of cartoon heroes started with the birth in 1952 of Astro Boy and has continued unabated?the average citizen can rattle off superhero names and special powers like a bona fide comic-store geek. "It's a matter of pride...
PRESTON: I would say the biggest single problem we have is a tendency to follow what others are doing. A lot of me-too venture funds are nearing the end of their investment cycle, so the venture capitalists are returning to their roots. But because new technologies aren't ripe yet or there's a lack of people to make companies out of them, venture investors are not putting their money to work as aggressively as they should. They have an "overhang" to the tune of $50 billion. Others are still overpaying for some investments...
When the scandal first broke back in March it sounded too ripe to believe. The Bush Administration had produced faux-news segments in which an actor portraying a reporter touts the benefits of the contentious new Medicare bill that had only just narrowly passed through Congress. Two of the videos end with the reporter signing off, “In Washington, I’m Karen Ryan reporting.” Committed to propagandizing equally to all persons, regardless of ethnicity or national origin, the Administration also produced a third video narrated in Spanish and featuring the hard-hitting reporting...
...this was all before Wetzel finally, at the ripe old age of 23, began his junior year at Harvard...
...committing to a serious development assistance program, we could substantially undercut the wellsprings of terrorism. Economic growth would help more of the world’s poor afford AIDS vaccines (even the generic ones cost over $100 a year) and could prevent the nightmare scenario of millions of orphans ripe for recruitment by militants. Development would also enable weak states—debilitated by meager tax revenues, a dearth of human capital and rampant corruption—to improve their domestic security. Unable to uphold basic law and order throughout much of their territory, weak states can become safe havens...