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...fans and the zeal of Disney's promotion. What began two years ago as a made-for-cable kids' movie about American teens playing basketball and putting on a show has mushroomed into a global phenomenon, with followers from Caracas to Cambodia and a breathtaking range of platforms: a stage show, a concert tour, reality shows, a book-publishing series (50 million copies sold in 24 languages) and scores of tie-ins from breakfast cereals to Bible study guides...
...million in retail sales from the franchise to date - but for cultural globalization. In Latin America, HSM concerts play 50,000-seat stadiums. Swedes and Puerto Ricans, Mexicans and Poles have been among the millions to take in HSM: The Ice Tour, which has three worldwide touring companies. The stage show has played in dozens of cities worldwide, including Beirut, where it premiered during violent clashes. On HSM web forums, fans from Madagascar and Malta chat with Indonesians and Pakistanis. Director Kenny Ortega recently visited a Kenyan orphanage, where he was met with greetings for HSM sweethearts Troy and Gabriella...
Gordon said that one of the ways that Harvard hopes to increase technology transfer for the engineering and physical sciences is to create a dedicated program similar to the Accelerator Fund for the Life Sciences, which provides funding for promising, but early-stage discoveries that need “proof-of-concept” validation before venture capital or other industrial partners will make a significant investment and develop it for commercialization...
...McCain’s runningmate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, has opposed federal funding for embryonic stem cell work since before she broke onto the national stage...
...commitment to pushing the boundaries of student theater. “It’s exciting to be working with something that is new and different,” Kline says, “not just in student theater, but professional theater as well.” Also on stage this weekend are two other Harvard productions: “Songs for a New World,” opening today at the Loeb Experimental Theatre, and “Mnemonic,” opening today at the New College Theatre. “Songs for a New World...