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...makes its money the old-fashioned way: at regular ticket prices. That means that many more people saw the R-rated comedy on its opening weekend. They liked what they saw, spread the word, kept the momentum rolling: the picture made another $27 million in the Monday-to-Thursday period, as opposed to $19 million for Up. Success like this becomes its own news, the buzz phrase du jour. And that generates more business. We conclude with what WNYC host Brian Lehrer calls an Uncommon Economic Indicator, and to which film reviewers can testify: Instead of asking a critic...
...accused her former boss of murder as well. Knox now says she spent the night in question across town, smoking pot and sleeping with her boyfriend. She says the police urged her to imagine other possible scenarios. "They insisted I had left [the boyfriend's] apartment at a certain period of time. I didn't remember that. The interpreter said I was probably traumatized and had forgotten...
...largest fractions of the University's endowment, Galvin said the two-phase design was purely for administrative reasons. In each wave, eligible staff--participants in Harvard's Defined Benefit Plan aged 55 and over with at least 10 years of service--were given a 45-day consideration period during which they could decide to accept the incentive, followed by a 7-day period during which they could reconsider. The first wave began on Feb. 17, and the second began on March 16.Galvin said that in addition to Harvard's normal pension benefits, staff members who accepted the buyout packages received...
...tiny main town of Atuona is where you'll find the Paul Gauguin Cultural Center, tel: (689) 927 897, a museum that opened in 2003 to coincide with the 100th anniversary of his death. Galleries are adorned with reproductions of Gauguin's work and writings from his famous Tahitian period. Full-figured island women in bright colors glow from the muted walls. The rooms are themed around Gauguin's quotes such as "escaping to reach art" and "becoming part of a primitive culture...
...period of time from 1950 to 2000 was a combination of prosperity and relative stability. I think the odds are very high we regain prosperity, but very low that we regain that combination. I think our likely scenario is tremendous prosperity with tremendous ambiguity and instability. That means those who know how to manage in that environment will do very well, and those who don't may disappear...