Word: wan
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...final straw came when Murstein’s laptop was stolen. He ordered a new one and when the replacement arrived, his “friend” Brian Wan ’05-’08 offered to retrieve and set up the computer for him. But the computer Wan set up turned out to be the one that had been stolen. Adding insult to injury, Wan informed his proctor that Murstein had faked the whole theft just to collect the insurance money for what Wan claimed was Murstein’s drug habit. Wan confessed to making...
...themselves left with the scales and bones while all the fish flesh is taken away to Europe." Conflict fish, anyone? - By Simon Robinson Read All Over It has been an extraordinarily positive 12 months for the global newspaper industry," cheered Timothy Balding, head of the World Association of Newspapers (WAN), last week. Worldwide daily circulation grew 2% in 2004, reaching €95 million sales. Global ad revenue leapt more than 5%, the biggest jump in five years. But for really screaming headlines, look to the developing world. While circulation of dailies skidded further in North America and Europe, growing populations...
...film, directed by Star Wars creator George Lucas, follows the young, passionate Jedi warrior Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) as he betrays his mentor Obi-wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor), on his way to becoming Darth Vader...
...money? By aggregating enough eyeballs - generally young and urban - to lure advertisers. Many newspapers already rely more heavily on ad revenues than on circulation; ad sales represent almost two-thirds of total revenue among British titles, and 57% among those in Germany, according to the World Association of Newspapers (wan). But overall, advertisers are turning increasingly to other media. Newspapers' share of worldwide advertising spending has dropped around 5% in the past 10 years. While it's not clear to what extent free papers are squeezing paid-for titles' revenue, "It's definitely the case that free newspapers are generating...
...production skipping merrily over credibility gaps. The appearance of a refugee from “The Oresteia” at the end is a delightful non-sequitur that gets laughs for its sheer randomness, as does the argument that breaks out over who is the main character. In fact, Wan portrays Wanda with a similar flair, acting in an affected way that bears very little relation to any sort of reality, but is over-the-top enough to steal any scene she?...