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...president of Deshine.com, to buy the rights to seven animated films produced at Pyongyang's 425 Studio. "Everybody thinks these films must be tainted by ideology," says Baik. "Actually they are very educational." Some are obvious parables of Kim Jong Il's life, but one features an apolitical silver rabbit that Baik hopes to merchandise in South Korea. "My hope is that children in North and South Korea can share the same movies and cartoons," says Baik. "Then they will have something in common to help build a unified Korea." That's a goal long-range missiles could never reach...
...dropping trick shots inspired the iconic role played by Paul Newman in the 1961 film The Hustler; in Brownsville, Texas. "Fast Eddie," as he was widely known, lived and breathed cinematic cool: even in his later years he stalked the tables in a tuxedo, with slicked-back silver hair and a cigarette dangling from his lips. The master of the green felt spent his last day cue-in-hand, suffering a fatal heart attack while at the U.S. Classic Billiards Eight-Ball Showdown...
...Programs like this inhale money, and by introducing a new curriculum, DARE officials guarantee a renewed federal grant, whether the program works or not. Obviously, the officials are hoping for the best. But even if the program fails, we can hope for a silver lining: Perhaps this first failure has taught DARE directors a degree of humility; maybe this time around it won?t take them 10 years to recognize failure and plot a new course...
Parity, talent, and competition usually create excitement, and judging by this standard, the NBA is in the nascent phase of a new 'silver age.' The drafts from 1992-1996 yielded a bonanza of new stars that now define basketball like the 1984-1985 classes of Jordan, Olajuwon, Malone, Barkley, Ewing, and Stockton did for the past 15 years...
...recycling ramps up, computer manufacturers are discovering new ways to make the process more efficient. Metal screws are being replaced with snap-open panels for quicker dismantling. Lead solder used to fasten parts to circuit boards is giving way to safer tin, silver and copper alloys. Spray-on flame retardants, which can be toxic when recycled, are being replaced with metal paneling. And those annoying plastic shipping peanuts are being replaced with packing material made of water-soluble starch...