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...fact, they gave me a Concierge Key membership. So, yes. American Airlines was actually a great partner on the film. They opened doors for us. They got us into the Transportation Security Administration, and they flew in a 757, and we got to shoot...
...three days later they said, You've got to film it again. Because it got ruined in the bath - that's what it's called when the film is sent off to get processing. It happens once in a blue moon that it gets destroyed. So we had to shoot that scene, and the whole day's work again. That was devastating. But luckily it was just as good, if not better the second time...
...Still, as the Rosarno riots illustrate, the immigrants are far from accepted by most Italians. Shootings like the ones that sparked the unrest are not uncommon. "We used to learn how to use our guns down there by shooting at dogs," says Saviano, who was brought up in the Naples area. "Now the 14-year-olds shoot at immigrants. It can look like kids fooling around, but it's not; it's target practice." The town's African population responded by burning cars and smashing shop windows, prompting retaliatory attacks by white residents. It was the fourth outbreak of violence...
...party lost ground. Despite objections from China about selling arms to Taiwan, the U.S. awarded Lockheed Martin Corp the contract to provide Patriot missile systems as part of a $6.5 billion arms sale package to Taiwan passed by the US Congress in 2008. The U.S. missile systems could shoot down Chinese short-range and mid-range missiles. China has over 1000 missiles pointed at Taiwan, a democratic island China claims...
...start with the easy things. You should be accountable for graduating a reasonable percentage of your students compared with other universities that have similar students. Harvard has the highest graduation rate in the country, at 98%. That's probably too high. I'm pretty sure you'd have to shoot somebody not to graduate from Harvard. Not all colleges could reasonably be expected to have a 98% graduation rate. However, if you have a 40% graduation rate and your peers have a 60% graduation rate, it's reasonable to hold you accountable for improvement...