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Once upon a time, there were two brothers, one good and the other bad. In every fairy tale, the good brother defeats the evil and the plot of "Steal Big, Steal Little" is just as predictable...
...Steal Big, Steal Little" is the story of twin brothers feuding over the million-dollar inheritance of a 40,000 acre Santa Barbara ranch. One brother schemes to turn the ranch into an urban development, neglecting his heritage. The other brother longs to "roam the range" without any responsibility...
Stereotypes abound in "Steal Big, Steal Little." The wealthy Japanese businessman does not speak a word of English, the ditzy blond wife loves her husband no matter how badly he treats her, the greedy lawyer betrays a life-long friend for money, and the crass Chicagoan has a kind heart underneath all the bluster, not to mention the happy migrant workers who are never without a stupid grin on their faces...
...late-night programming, television executives have traditionally taken their cue from the dictates of military history: keep women out of combat. The late-night wars, it seems, are meant to be fought by people in dark suits and cigars, not slip dresses and Virginia Slims. While Leno and Letterman steal the headlines, the ladies play host in the afternoons, minding and mending America's luridly fractious families...
Labeling Grace's actions a rip-off, though, requires something of a stretch. The company didn't steal away with the seeds and market them; it built a plant in Tumkur, near Bangalore, to process them, providing jobs for 60 Indians and contributing to the local economy. Some critics charge that demand from Grace's plant is the cause of a recent jump in neem-seed prices that has driven some small farmers out of business, but that is difficult to prove. And while India will eventually have to change its patent laws as a member of the World Trade...