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...arachno-human can execute some cool moves as he trapezes above New York City. In these aerial scenes (a combination of acrobatic stunt work and digital derring-do), Spidey zooms and glides and quadruple-somersaults like a one-man Cirque du Soleil troupe, and the movie and the audience soar with him (for a while, anyway) on a great vertiginous ride...
Already considered a top-tier prospect, Crockett saw his draft status soar even higher. Baseball America ranked him as the 85th best prospect in the country. ESPN.com had him pegged...
...high: Not only do schools take in hundreds of thousands of dollars for participating (courtesy CBS, which will pay $6.5 billion over the next 11 years for broadcast rights), but they also receive invaluable exposure on national television. Gonzaga, a small Jesuit college in Spokane, Wash., saw enrollment soar after its team advanced deep into the tournament in each of the past three years...
...latest restructuring plan. By 2005, the U.S. automaker wants its Premier Automotive Group (PAG) - Land Rover, Jaguar, Volvo and Aston Martin, plus Lincoln, its upmarket American marque - to contribute 35% of its profits, up from a current 13%. To accomplish that, overall sales of the five brands must soar 51%. That's a tough goal, but PAG president Wolfgang Reitzle is confident. "We have a robust strategy in place, as well as a convincing and unique setup of premium brands, all with a very distinct profile...
...steel, and he's been jumping since he was 9. His fear of flying kept him from early greatness, but he has finally broken that barrier. With a "frog concept" technique that has him squatting low on the inrun and then exploding high at takeoff, he can now soar more than 200 m. With the home crowd pumping him up-a big factor for jumpers-he could bring home the team's first medal in 78 years...