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The $50 Movie Ticket: What's the Point?
presented by Trish Regan, 1977- and Adam Johnson, fl. 2008; produced by Bloomberg L. P. (New York, NY: Bloomberg L. P., 2013), 4 mins
Piper Jaffray's James Marsh discusses the prices of movie tickets with Adam Johnson on'' The Next Big Trade'' on Bloomberg Television's 'Street Smart.'
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presented by Trish Regan, 1977- and Adam Johnson, fl. 2008; produced by Bloomberg L. P. (New York, NY: Bloomberg L. P., 2013), 4 mins
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Piper Jaffray's James Marsh discusses the prices of movie tickets with Adam Johnson on'' The Next Big Trade'' on Bloomberg Television's 'Street Smart.'
Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
Interview, News story
Contributor
Bloomberg L. P.
Author / Creator
Trish Regan, 1977-, Adam Johnson, fl. 2008
Date Published / Released
2013-07-01
Publisher
Bloomberg L. P.
Topic / Theme
Film industry, Film and films, Theater tickets, Prices, Motion Picture and Video Industries
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Copyright © 2013 by Bloomberg LP
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6 Battle for the Gulf, 1 of 6, A Summer Cloud
in 6 Battle for the Gulf, 1 of 6 (London, England: SW Pictures, 2001), 52 mins
At the end of the Iran-Iraq War, Iraq was close to bankruptcy because of President Saddam Hussein’s military spending and his attempts to build nuclear weapons. The U.S. had sided with Saddam Hussein during Iraq’s eight-year war with Iran, but the American government was confident it could contain his ambition...
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in 6 Battle for the Gulf, 1 of 6 (London, England: SW Pictures, 2001), 52 mins
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At the end of the Iran-Iraq War, Iraq was close to bankruptcy because of President Saddam Hussein’s military spending and his attempts to build nuclear weapons. The U.S. had sided with Saddam Hussein during Iraq’s eight-year war with Iran, but the American government was confident it could contain his ambitions. As an oil-rich country, Saddam tried to re-fill his coffers by selling oil at the highest possible price, but he blamed the Emir of...
At the end of the Iran-Iraq War, Iraq was close to bankruptcy because of President Saddam Hussein’s military spending and his attempts to build nuclear weapons. The U.S. had sided with Saddam Hussein during Iraq’s eight-year war with Iran, but the American government was confident it could contain his ambitions. As an oil-rich country, Saddam tried to re-fill his coffers by selling oil at the highest possible price, but he blamed the Emir of Kuwait of flooding the market with cheap oil, lowering prices and hastening Iraq’s descent into economic crisis. The Iraqi foreign minister, Tariq Aziz, said Iraq started to realize that there was a conspiracy against them by Kuwait, organized and devised by the United States. Saddam issued the Emir of Kuwait with a stark warning – “each dollar less in the price of oil means to us one billion dollars in revenue for a year. If you do not mean to wage a war against Iraq, please stop it.” But the Emir refused and a month later, Saddam’s inner circle decided that unless Kuwait handed over $10 billion to Iraq immediately, they would invade. The way Iraq saw it, they had no choice but to act, either to be destroyed, to be suffocated and strangled inside its territory or attack the enemy on the outside. The Republican Guard was ordered to move south toward Iraq’s border with Kuwait. These were the Iraqi Army’s elite divisions, equipped with Soviet tanks. No other Middle Eastern country except Israel had forces to rival them. Soon 30,000 Iraqi troops had massed on the border between Iraq and Kuwait. With the crisis building, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak rushed to Baghdad, sent by Kuwait and the Arab world to arrange negotiations. Mubarak, one of America’s closest allies in the region, was determined to discover Saddam’s plans. It was an encounter that would have far-reaching consequences. The day after Mubarak’s visit, Saddam abruptly summoned the American ambassador, April Glaspie, to sound her out as to what the American position would be if the Iraqis moved against the Kuwaitis. And the response that he got was a very satisfactory one. But the Iraqi threat was still building on the Kuwaiti border. The original 30,000 troops grew to 70,000 then 100,000. Arab leaders continued to insist it was all a bluff. Then, on August 1st, the Iraqis walked out on talks when the Kuwaitis refused to meet their demands. Saddam issued his orders to invade.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
SW Pictures
Series
6 Battle for the Gulf
Speaker / Narrator
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Person Discussed
Nizar Hamdoun, 1944-2003, Tariq Aziz, 1936-2000, John Hubert Kelly, 1939-2011, Abdul Rahman Al-Awadi, Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, 1930-2008, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, 1949-, Brent Scowcroft, 1925-, Ali al-Khalifa al-Athbi Al-Sabah, fl. 1989, Richard N. Haass, 1951-, Saddam Hussein, 1937-2006, George H. W. Bush, 1924-2018, Bob Dole, 1923-, April Glaspie, 1942-
Topic / Theme
Iraq (1970s - Present), Economic conditions, Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988, History, Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, Law, Kuwaitis, Iraqis, Russians, Arabs, Israelis, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2001 SW Pictures
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6 Battle for the Gulf, 2 of 6, A Dark and Frightening Picture
in 6 Battle for the Gulf, 2 of 6 (London, England: SW Pictures, 2001), 50 mins
This film begins on August 2nd, 1990 – the day Iraq invaded Kuwait. Republican Guard tanks sealed off the city while Iraqi special-forces seized government buildings. The advancing Iraqis met little resistance. The Emir had stood down his army to avoid provoking Saddam. Many of his soldiers were taking their sum...
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in 6 Battle for the Gulf, 2 of 6 (London, England: SW Pictures, 2001), 50 mins
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This film begins on August 2nd, 1990 – the day Iraq invaded Kuwait. Republican Guard tanks sealed off the city while Iraqi special-forces seized government buildings. The advancing Iraqis met little resistance. The Emir had stood down his army to avoid provoking Saddam. Many of his soldiers were taking their summer vacations. By noon, Saddam Hussein controlled one fifth of the world’s oil. The biggest question for the US was whether Saddam wo...
This film begins on August 2nd, 1990 – the day Iraq invaded Kuwait. Republican Guard tanks sealed off the city while Iraqi special-forces seized government buildings. The advancing Iraqis met little resistance. The Emir had stood down his army to avoid provoking Saddam. Many of his soldiers were taking their summer vacations. By noon, Saddam Hussein controlled one fifth of the world’s oil. The biggest question for the US was whether Saddam would stop at the borders of Kuwait or go into Saudi Arabia and move down to the oil fields? For Arab leaders, the biggest question was whether they could resolve the situation without involving outside forces. Satellite images showed two Iraqi divisions near the Saudi border. The US President, George Bush, dispatched his Defence Secretary Dick Cheney to Saudi Arabia. Cheney and his high-level delegation had to convince the Saudi rulers, who had never allowed U.S. troops on their soil, that they could soon become another Kuwait if they didn’t allow US forces to come to their aid. Cheney told King Fahd that he did not have the luxury of waiting until Saddam began an invasion of Saudi Arabia and then ask for US help, because then it would be too late. King Fahd agreed & soon more than 250,000 troops arrived in Saudi Arabia from the USA, Britain, France and Egypt – the beginnings of a coalition of 30 countries. Saddam Hussein had never expected to see forces from America, the great ally of Israel, operating from Arab soil. But the invasion had turned both western and Arab governments against Iraq. The US Secretary of State, James Baker and Bush had methodically built a broad international coalition to oppose Saddam. Ultimately, Bush would convince over 30 nations to contribute financial or military support to the effort.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
SW Pictures
Series
6 Battle for the Gulf
Speaker / Narrator
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Person Discussed
Jean-Pierre Chevenement, 1939-, Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 1921-2005, Moshe Arens, 1925-2019, Martin Stanton, fl. 1990, Jaber Al-Khalid, fl. 1990, Talal Abu Rahmah, fl. 1990, Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, 1930-2008, Dick Cheney, 1941-, George H. W. Bush, 1924-2018, Hosni Mubarak, 1928-, Norman Schwarzkopf, 1934-, James Addison Baker, 1930-, François Mitterrand, 1916-1996, Saddam Hussein, 1937-2006
Topic / Theme
Iraq (1970s - Present), Military occupation, Economic conditions, Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988, History, Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, Law, Russians, Israelis, Arabs, Kuwaitis, Iraqis, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Economic Conditions in Rural Massachusetts Following the American Revolution, and the Seeds of Shays' Rebellion, 1786
in Shays' Rebellion, 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America, 10 (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2006), 5 mins
An armed uprising shortly after the American Revolutionary War sparks the drafting of the Constitution of the United States of America
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in Shays' Rebellion, 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America, 10 (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2006), 5 mins
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An armed uprising shortly after the American Revolutionary War sparks the drafting of the Constitution of the United States of America
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Series
10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
Person Discussed
Samuel Adams, 1722-1803
Topic / Theme
Agrarian economy, Debt, Economic conditions, Postwar reconstruction, Shays's Rebellion, 1787, American History, Revolutionary Era (1765–1789), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Copyright 2008 A&E Television Networks
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11 Flowers
directed by Wang Xiaoshuai, 1966-; produced by WXS Productions (New York, NY: First Run Features, 2011), 1 hour 55 mins
One of China's foremost Sixth Generation directors, Wang Xiaoshuai (Beijing Bicycle, Shanghai Dreams) tells a striking, autobiographical coming-of-age tale set in the final days of China's Cultural Revolution in his new film 11 Flowers. Eleven-year-old Wang Han lives with his family in a remote village in Guizhou...
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directed by Wang Xiaoshuai, 1966-; produced by WXS Productions (New York, NY: First Run Features, 2011), 1 hour 55 mins
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One of China's foremost Sixth Generation directors, Wang Xiaoshuai (Beijing Bicycle, Shanghai Dreams) tells a striking, autobiographical coming-of-age tale set in the final days of China's Cultural Revolution in his new film 11 Flowers. Eleven-year-old Wang Han lives with his family in a remote village in Guizhou province. Life is tough, but they make the most of what little they have. When Wang is selected to lead his school through their daily...
One of China's foremost Sixth Generation directors, Wang Xiaoshuai (Beijing Bicycle, Shanghai Dreams) tells a striking, autobiographical coming-of-age tale set in the final days of China's Cultural Revolution in his new film 11 Flowers. Eleven-year-old Wang Han lives with his family in a remote village in Guizhou province. Life is tough, but they make the most of what little they have. When Wang is selected to lead his school through their daily gymnastic regimen, his teacher recommends that he wear a clean, new shirt in honor of this important position – a request that forces his family to make a great sacrifice. But one afternoon, soon after Wang is given the precious shirt, he encounters a desperate, wounded man, who takes it from him. The man is on the run, wanted by the authorities for murder. In no time the fates of Wang and the fugitive are intertwined. Beautifully performed by a troupe of child actors, and vividly creating a sense of time and place, 11 Flowers is a delicate and moving film about growing up in a time of great upheaval.
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Field of Study
Film
Content Type
Performance
Contributor
WXS Productions
Author / Creator
Wang Xiaoshuai, 1966-
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
First Run Features
Topic / Theme
Chinese people, Economic conditions, Fugitives, Childhood, Cultural Revolution, China, 1966-1972
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Copyright © 2011 by First Run Features Inc.
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LEARN OR EARN?: TOP-UP FEES AND THE DEBT THREAT DILEMMA
written by Caroline Benjamin, fl. 2004 and Suzy Cox, fl. 2004; in 19, April 2003, 19, April 2003 (London, England: IPC Magazines, 2003), 46-47
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written by Caroline Benjamin, fl. 2004 and Suzy Cox, fl. 2004; in 19, April 2003, 19, April 2003 (London, England: IPC Magazines, 2003), 46-47
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Periodical article
Author / Creator
Caroline Benjamin, fl. 2004, Suzy Cox, fl. 2004
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
IPC Magazines
Series
19
Topic / Theme
Prices, Colleges and universities, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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WHO WILL HOUSE THE SINGLES? FINDING A ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT. WE LOOK AT THE VARIOUS OPTIONS
written by Sue Teddern, fl. 1978; edited by Margaret Koumi, 1942-; in 19, August 1981, 19, August 1981 (London, England: IPC Magazines, 1981), 41-43
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written by Sue Teddern, fl. 1978; edited by Margaret Koumi, 1942-; in 19, August 1981, 19, August 1981 (London, England: IPC Magazines, 1981), 41-43
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Periodical article
Contributor
Margaret Koumi, 1942-
Author / Creator
Sue Teddern, fl. 1978
Date Published / Released
1981
Publisher
IPC Magazines
Series
19
Topic / Theme
Popular culture, Housing, Economic conditions, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 1981 TI Media Limited
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LAST WORD
written by Virginia Ironside, 1944-; in 19, March 1976, 19, March 1976 (London, England: IPC Magazines, 1976), 98-100
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written by Virginia Ironside, 1944-; in 19, March 1976, 19, March 1976 (London, England: IPC Magazines, 1976), 98-100
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Periodical article
Author / Creator
Virginia Ironside, 1944-
Date Published / Released
1976
Publisher
IPC Magazines
Series
19
Topic / Theme
Economic recessions, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1976 TI Media Limited
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LAST WORD
written by Virginia Ironside, 1944-; in 19, May 1977, 19, May 1977 (London, England: IPC Media, 1977), 114-116
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written by Virginia Ironside, 1944-; in 19, May 1977, 19, May 1977 (London, England: IPC Media, 1977), 114-116
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Periodical article
Author / Creator
Virginia Ironside, 1944-
Date Published / Released
1977
Publisher
IPC Media
Series
19
Topic / Theme
Economic recessions, Charity, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1977 TI Media Limited
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JO'S CONSUMER COLUMN: SEARCHING FOR SOLE INFORMATION
edited by Margaret Koumi, 1942-; in 19, November 1974, 19, November 1974 (London, England: IPC Magazines, 1974), 21-26
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edited by Margaret Koumi, 1942-; in 19, November 1974, 19, November 1974 (London, England: IPC Magazines, 1974), 21-26
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Periodical article
Contributor
Margaret Koumi, 1942-
Date Published / Released
1974
Publisher
IPC Magazines
Series
19
Topic / Theme
Prices, Fashion, Shoes and boots, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1974 TI Media Limited
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