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...night of Nov. 29, Warner Bros. transformed more than 500 American theaters into secure compounds for a sneak preview of The Last Samurai. The $140 million Tom Cruise vehicle, designed to transport the star from the screen to the Oscar podium, was filmed on location in New Zealand and Japan with a cast of 750. All the hype, along with the adolescent story line--samurai fight against the Japanese army!--guaranteed the film to be of interest to pirates. And in the age of faster Internet connections, protecting a movie has become like guarding very expensive air. So to prevent...
...purchased a 468,000-acre forest—estimated to be worth $540 million—in New Zealand last month, bringing the University’s total timber holdings to approximately 10 percent of the endowment...
...this evil man dead. But wisdom argues against capital punishment. Even the George W. Bush Administration can understand that a death sentence would only make Saddam a martyr, generating new dictators. His trial will be scrutinized by the whole world, including Arab and European countries. Rajiv Thind Christchurch, New Zealand...
Denis M. Schweder ’04, a New Zealand native, said he had read about the deal in the press and offered his two cents on Harvard’s purchase...
...think that the investment is a strong one for the HMC. Trees in New Zealand grow relatively fast so the time-frame for returns will be favourable,” Schweder wrote in an e-mail...