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...government responded by introducing subsidies in 2005 and then drafting a new set of tax credits to kick in this year. With relief in sight, the movie money started rolling back in. "What's surprising is the speed at which the industry's bounced back," says John Woodward, the Film Council's CEO. "But if you can build confidence and persuade the financing community that, going forward, things are going to be stable, you're in a good position." Hollywood already adores Brits: Helen Mirren and Sacha Baron Cohen picked up top awards at Monday's Golden Globes, while...
...than a show of displeasure toward the old—those abominable reading period papers—it’s also an act of defiance toward the new—the dread of impending exams. The excitement for participants, and shock for spectators, comes not just from the sight of 500 screaming, naked students, but from our symbolic bird flipping to all the proud institutions nearby: to the stodginess of academia, to the sanctity of Harvard Yard, to the camera-laden spectators, and to our career ambitions. We may be naked, but the emperor is running naked with...
...lovely collecting her award in a purple frock, said she hears from girls who are inspired by Ugly Betty, a character who "truly brings a new face to television." Girls, what you see is the face of a woman in Hollywood who consumes carbohydrates. And that is a beautiful sight, indeed...
...world's oil supply. Oil production slid steadily as the Soviets let the infrastructure rot. Today hundreds of rusted oil derricks and pump jacks, many predating World War II, cram the seafront outside Baku like a scrap-metal forest, with old Soviet tractors turning several wells. The astonishing sight was memorialized in the 1999 James Bond movie The World Is Not Enough. Towering over the area now is a 16,000-ton water-injection platform being built by BP, which will be towed to an oil field 75 miles offshore, where the company expects to pump about...
...necessarily signify a moral lapse. The HMC maintains no direct control over the Barclay’s holdings, which, like those of any mutual fund, change over time in response to market fluctuations. However, the University’s financial gurus cannot ignore what is in plain sight. Now that it is clear to Harvard and the world that a sizable portion of Harvard’s endowment is supporting the actions of Sinopec and PetroChina, the HMC should find a way to dispose of the shares...