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...Aviator isn’t the best film in the field, so why does it enjoy favored status? A glance at its fellow nominees, two other inspirational biopics and two studied human dramas, suggests that Scorsese’s Spruce Goose offers the safest bet in a year of cultural division and political unrest...
...keep it going for 200 miles. The Fetish is emblematic of a trend in the automobile business: carmakers realize that if they hope to sell more environmentally friendly vehicles (which account for less than 1% of the cars and light trucks sold in the U.S.), they'll need to spruce and rev them up considerably. Thus Honda is coming out with a hybrid version of its Accord that is even more powerful than the original. Lexus, meanwhile, is getting brisk preorders for its 2005 luxury hybrid SUV, the 270-horsepower RX400h. But don't expect the Joneses next door...
Beginning with Hughes’ (Leonardo DiCaprio) involvement in the film industry, chronicling his many affairs, depicting his involvement with the government and his eventual mental deterioration before concluding with the successful flight of the “Spruce Goose” (we learn that Hughes hated that name), The Aviator covers a lot of ground in the life of an extremely interesting...
...Indeed, ripples from the blockbuster bank merger are already reaching Japan's sclerotic retailers. To spruce up its balance sheets for the deal, UFJ is getting tough on a borrower, the ailing supermarket giant Daiei?one of the country's biggest "zombie" companies, enterprises that continue to operate despite crushing debt and chronic unprofitability. Daiei is carrying debt of nearly $10 billion. It has little hope of ever repaying, but it has always managed to convince a trio of lenders?UFJ, Sumitomo Mitsui Bank and Mizuho Holdings?to extend additional credit at crucial moments in order to keep it alive...
...been no slouch, himself. The smallest player on the team at a spry 5’8, and possibly the quickest, the center from Spruce Grove, Alberta is the freshman leader in goals scored with 6. His tally 1:40 into Friday’s game was the difference in the shutout, with linemate Mandes earning one of the assists...