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While Bob has remained focused on the Dimension label, which releases the company's more commercial films, Harvey has gone astray. He admits to being distracted, starting in 1999, when he was sidelined with a serious bacterial infection. He became focused on politics, campaigning for Hillary Clinton and Al Gore. But it was Talk magazine that became his white whale. A joint venture between Miramax and Hearst, the talked-about but uncompelling monthly died after less than three years. One Miramax executive says the company lost $27 million. Another says, "Talk was a constant distraction. Harvey wanted it to succeed...
...democracy. Blind supporters think they are being patriotic, but in fact, they weaken the institutions they seek to protect. If we don’t speak up against the ills of our own governments, we relinquish the safeguards of democracy. And if the government then leads the nation astray, we become complicit in its crimes...
...suggested that Pearl's abduction might be a "totally stage-managed event to defame Pakistan." He was probably referring to a series of calls made after the kidnapping from a suspect's cell phone to Indian politicians--calls security experts speculate the kidnappers made to lead the investigation astray. Indian officials dismissed Quereshi's charge as "ridiculous...
...responded to her e-mail apologetically, urging her to peruse the column closely, to read the actual lines and not between them, not to be led astray by the sarcasm in the second paragraph. “Dude,” came back the reply, “I would hope that you could recognize the sarcasm in my own response.” So that’s how my own medicine tastes...
...surrounding area. In practice, however, “smart bombs” are only 60 percent accurate, according to statistics compiled by the Pentagon during the Gulf War. Perhaps this is satisfactory performance by military standards, but it means that for every 1,000 bombs dropped, 400 will go astray and land in schools, hospitals and homes. And this estimate assumes that all of the bombs dropped are, in fact, smart bombs. However, the Pentagon tactfully neglects to mention that only a very small percentage of our bombs are smart. During the Gulf War, smart bombs accounted for only about...