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...Their legacies are stored in back catalogs, albums and movies that fans can dip into again and again. Diana was different. People knew her as a royal, a mother, a humanitarian and - many thought - a saint. You can pay your respects to the King for the price of a ticket to Graceland. But to honor Diana might mean trying to change the world by supporting the causes she championed when she was alive. Any icon can be used to make people part with their money for something commemorative, but Diana can make them give it away to a good cause...
...wide swath of the public, worth buying a $10 ticket for. Action movies, and horror movies too, typically attract the young male demographic. Comedies, when they work, appeal to all ages. Knocked Up, a stoner comedy with lots of phallocentric raunch, might have seemed limited to dateless packs of guys; yet its first-week audience charted 57% female and 56% over the age of 30. "One thing marketers have told us," says Tolmach, "is that there's a lack of a generation gap between older teens and their parents in terms of their comic sensibilities...
...criterion for becoming a donor beyond signing up at your local Department of Motor Vehicles. He concedes that some exceptions would have to be made, but he maintains that giving an organ to a non-donor is "like giving the lottery jackpot to someone who didn't buy a ticket." Sadly, the odds of winning an organ under the current rules seem only slightly better...
...executive travelers and manufacturers laud the global corporate jet boom, the FAA, airline groups and commercial airlines are less enthused. They contend that not only do corporate jets add to traffic congestion in the airspace, but the six types of taxes that are built into commercial passengers' ticket prices effectively subsidize the aviation system and facilities used by corporate jets. By one estimate, various fees and taxes paid by commercial passengers have totaled $104 billion over the past decade. Corporate jets, on the other hand, pay only about 6% in taxes and fees for flying and for using the federal...
...that he was not sure what he would produce next, possibly a romantic comedy [May 28]. Since he always seems to hound so-called crooks in government and every industry but his own, maybe he should uncover some truths about the entertainment industry. Let's talk about the outrageous ticket prices and concessions at the movie theaters that show his films. Let's look at the excessive profits he and his colleagues make from the people he claims to be looking out for. Does he believe it is right for mega?media companies and entertainers to reap the financial benefits...