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...years later, when Disney was involved in a controversial effort to build a history theme park near the Civil War battlefields of northern Virginia, the company wanted the state to pitch in $132 million for the necessary road improvements--a demand that was contributing to what was steadily becoming a genuine public relations calamity. By that time, Eisner was making $202 million a year, so I suggested publicly that he pay for the roads himself. That would still leave him an annual take of $70 million. We knew he could live on that, because...
This year’s theme, crafted by Professor of History Sven Beckert, is the “American Empire in Global Perspective,” and features speeches from the perspective of three foreigners, Hobsbawm, who is from England, Jayati Ghosh, from India, and Carlos Monsivais, from Mexico...
...That theme was echoed by Saddam's lead defense attorney, Khalil Dulaimi. "This court is illegitimate and unconstitutional," said Dulaimi. "It is created on false foundations, and while those who are in charge of it are trying to improve its image, we still contest the legitimacy of this court...
...found a video tape with a couple of old “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” episodes on it. On a Model UN field trip that year, I popped it in, and a bus filled with high-schoolers settled back to recapture their youth. While the theme song remained catchy (They’re the world’s most fearsome fighting team/They’re the heroes on the half-shell and they’re green!), we had a rude awakening soon after: the show was awful. Some other undergrads shared their own favorite cartoons...
...some reason we see shots after shots of people’s hands), “Boston Legal” was an enjoyable trifle. Then, mysteriously, it was kidnapped late last season by four aging, idiotic women whose show’s only redeemable quality is that its theme song is written by Danny Elfman. But the ever-appealing Monica Potter has been removed, and the even more appealing (and British) Rhona Mitra will soon follow her out the door. Candace Bergen’s tired act belongs in one of her old Sprint commercials. Even Captain Kirk...