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...swallow him. Like any McCarthy novel, in the battle between good and evil, evil always has a leg up. With a pressurized cattle gun used to punch out equal parts of deadbolts and human gray matter, Bardem’s brand of evil has two legs and an arm up. The film belongs to Bardem, a Hollywood unknown, and given his superhuman portrayal, it is doubtful he will remain unknown for much longer. A short list of flaws somewhat tarnishes the film. The Coens’ expert use of silence leaves viewers on the edge of their seats for almost...
...have an appointment with him on Friday. And, Dr. Haig?" she said, pulling Junior by the arm out my office door, "Watch out on your drive home tonight. There was an accident near your exit...
...week Eivind Reiten is unlikely to forget. On Oct. 1, the oil and gas arm of Hydro, an Oslo-based energy-and-metals company he was running, completed a $36 billion merger with Statoil, its beefier Norwegian rival, creating the world's largest offshore energy operator. Five days later, Reiten hosted his country's King and Queen in Nyhamna, a third of the way up Norway's west coast, at the official launch of a record-breaking gas-production and -processing project forged by Hydro to harness gas from 75 miles (120 km) away under the Norwegian...
Then came the merger with Citi. It was tumultuous--a power-sharing agreement between Weill and Citicorp's John Reed soon fell apart--but at first very profitable. Amid the corporate scandals of 2001 and 2002, though, Citi's investment-banking arm landed in more than its share of controversy and legal trouble. One last big suit, filed by Enron Creditors Recovery Corp., goes to trial in April...
...increased NIH budget is equally essential. Under the Bush Administration, research spending has been unduly neglected. The proposed $1.1 billion budget increase presents a much-needed shot in the arm for the government-subsidized research and development, which accounts for a sizeable portion of biomedical research funding in the United States. If America is to remain at the forefront of science and medicine, continued support is needed. The bill also contains the beneficial stipulation that NIH research be made free and available online, a move that irks book publishers but provides increased access for people and institutions discouraged by prohibitively...