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...relative: the money earned at the box office must be matched against money spent on production. It's Complicated had a hefty $85 million budget; Leap Year cost just $19 million to make; Youth in Revolt, $18 million. All three will have to scramble to break even. In the bang-for-a-buck category, the phenomenon remains The Blind Side, the sports-inspirational drama starring Sandra Bullock. Still in the top seven after eight weeks of release, the movie has now earned $219.2 million on a $29 million budget. It's now the all-time top grosser in the based...
...Crimson opened its dual season with a bang, earning two pins and a technical fall to win its first match as a team. Harvard was rarely threatened, as the Diplomats forfeited the first two weight classes and nullified the Crimson’s disadvantage with a mutual forfeit at heavyweight...
...nimble familiarity that seems to belie the innocence of their youthful looks. Despite the presence of several soldiers, the atmosphere in the tent is considerably laid back - even when one of the more rambunctious boys shoves a grenade launcher into the back of an unsuspecting soldier and yells "bang...
Sunset Beach House This small boutique hotel, sunset-bh.com, in Onna-son in central Okinawa Island, is run by a young bohemian couple from mainland Japan. Slap-bang on a picture-postcard beach, it has just four stylish rooms. And the food is something else. Make sure you sample local delicacies such as squishy umi dubi (sea kelp), delectable crispy pork grilled BBQ-style in garlic sauce, and purple sweet potatoes, all served up on the ground-floor patio. Wash it all down with an Orian beer or awamori, a local high-octane version of sake, while you soak...
...course, given how little money Democrats have left to play with, any kind of second stimulus would have to provide a big bang for the buck. House and Senate leaders are looking at combining extensions of unemployment insurance, food stamps and health insurance for recently laid off workers (known as COBRA) with infrastructure investments and money for clean-energy projects. The Obama Administration has resurrected a proposal the President campaigned on: a $3,000 tax credit per new hire for small businesses, an idea that was dropped from the first stimulus because it would've been too easy for employers...