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...Total Eclipse of the Heart" went to No. 1 in the U.S., U.K., Australia and Canada, and it has since made it onto uncounted best-song compilations and VH1 nostalgia-fests. It's appeared in several film and television soundtracks, including an obscenity-laced version in the movie Old School. There's even a Norwegian rock band that performs the song using kitchen appliances. And now there's this...
Tyler's video is an abstract, vaguely artistic interpretation of falling in and out of love - that is what "Total Eclipse of the Heart" is about, right? - a cinematic version of bad hotel art. It jumps from romantic cliché to cliché, with several non sequiturs thrown in for effect, and the literal version exploits them all. What do fencers have to do with love? What do gymnasts have to do with love? What do fencers have to do with gymnasts? What sort of school allows people to fence, do backflips and play football in the same room...
...research, Krafcik figures the program boosted sales by 10% from what they would have been otherwise. That was more than enough for Hyundai to outdistance rivals. True, Hyundai's U.S. sales fell 3.6% overall in the first four months of 2009 from the same period a year earlier. But total auto demand plunged more than 37%, so Hyundai's U.S. market share actually jumped to 4.3% compared with 2.8% the year before. "We're hopeful that [Hyundai's gains] are sustainable," Krafcik says. And the program hasn't backfired: fewer than 10 cars have been returned by customers who lost...
...Founded by CEO Günther Fielmann in 1972, the publicly traded company can afford to be aggressive. While the total optical market in Germany grew 3.2% in 2008, Fielmann's sales jumped 7%, according to the Central Association of German Opticians. Total net profit soared 39% to $163 million. Company officials attribute the results to the company's size. Fielmann sources frames in bulk, from both cheap Asian manufacturers and designer brands, keeping costs low. Indeed, Fielmann's expansive mood shows that farsightedness can be a virtue: you can envision the day when the recession will...
...BILLION Total government aid GM will receive, including $9.5 billion from the Canadian government...