Word: tickets
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...relationship between the film and television industries was far from friendly. Still very much a new medium, TV had conquered the country in the first few years of the decade: it constituted a tremendous improvement on radio, and watching “I Love Lucy” cost no ticket price—this correlated, not surprisingly, with a sharp drop in box office revenue. Hollywood responded with the jealous petulance you’d expect from any first-born child. Many studios forbade their contracted stars from appearing on television, and the networks—devoid of their...
...Vancouver Olympic Games looked well on their way to a gold medal in winter calamity--tragedy on the luge track, slush on the downhill course at Whistler and drenching rain on Cypress Mountain that eventually washed away the standing-room spectator zone, costing organizers around $1.4 million in refunded ticket sales. The signature snafu may be this: the Canadians couldn't make ice. A men's speed-skating final had to be halted for more than an hour because two ice-resurfacing machines were in various degrees of breakdown--sort of like the Games themselves. Still, you'd have...
...million mark in domestic theaters and is nearing $2.5 billion worldwide. But it will soon take a hit in a crucial spot: 3-D theaters. Avatar has had a monopoly on the goggles auditoriums for the past 11 weeks and has lined its pockets with cash from the higher ticket prices; last weekend it made 95% of its North American gross in those specialty rooms. Next weekend, though, the movie will lose most of its 3-D venues to Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. Not that folks will stop seeing the Cameron spectacle, even in 2-D - free publicity...
...hope that the administration does come through and approve the Bowman-Hysen plan for a study guide library. They have clearly put a lot of thought into the project, and the student body, in voting the ticket into office, has at least implicitly expressed its approval for the initiative. Though the pervasive use of study guides is troubling in its implications, if a study guide library is what students want, then the College should at least be open to their wishes...
...things from our old apartment, so there were a lot of things with memories attached that I just either threw out or left behind," the 33-year-old says. Blessitt ended up purchasing new towels and linens when she moved into her new place, as well as big-ticket items like a bed, desk and dresser - money she would have much rather saved...