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...founded Miramax and its sister company, Dimension. From small, intimate films like sex, lies and videotape and The Crying Game to flashy game-changers including Pulp Fiction and the $300 million-grossing Chicago, the Weinsteins proved smart little pictures (as well as smart big ones) could find a wide audience if promoted properly. After leaving longtime corporate parent The Walt Disney Co. last year, the provocative pair have struck out on their own once more with a new boutique media concern simply called The Weinstein Company. TIME?s Jeffrey Ressner spoke to the brothers about their year-old enterprise...
...that cholera lurked in the city's "miasma," its bad air, and proved the true cause by painstakingly charting the contagion against London's water supply. The resulting map provided a founding case study for epidemiology. But as readers of previous books by Johnson might expect - among them Mind Wide Open and last year's defense of popular culture, Everything Bad Is Good For You - the author has also chosen his subject for the light it can shine into other corners...
...accompanying chart) and sharpening its well-established brand with ventures into the Internet and music. AARP plans to establish a massive new Web presence with a social network based at AARP.org and launch its own blog on current events. Also under way is a wide-ranging music-marketing campaign, including sponsorship of its first-ever national concert tour (with Tony Bennett), a Web-based music-recommendation service and a music blog...
...former Crimson president. “He also does intensive work in the religious clauses, which has been a hugely important issue for a number of years.” In addition to legal theory and the intersection of law and religion, Feldman has written widely on American foreign policy, democracy in Islamic nations, and nation building. Professors said yesterday that his interest in international issues would strengthen Harvard’s faculty. “Feldman’s addition greatly strengthens an already exceptionally distinguished faculty in domestic, foreign, and comparative constitutional law, and helps to globalize...
...long-awaited fourth and final installment of the Arab Human Development Report compiled under the auspices of the United Nations Development Fund. The AHDRs, including earlier reports dealing with youth, education and freedom, are the work of scores of Arab intellectuals, scholars, writers, diplomats and development specialists who command wide respect in the region and internationally...