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...movies, Michael Mann has made interesting music choices - when to use it, and at what volume. Your worked together on Heat, which often buried the music in the background. What was it like working with him on this period piece...
...more social grace than the other two (i.e. he didn’t explicitly mention “Morocco” or “Moroccan”). In the middle of our conversation, he (again, bluntly) interjected, “What’s your background? Arab...
...Despondent Republican staffers privately concede that Sotomayor's long record on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals; her background as a prosecutor, corporate lawyer and judge; and the political danger of attacking a Hispanic nominee make President Barack Obama's first pick for the court all but a shoo-in when confirmation hearings begin on July 13. But members of the Supreme Court bar and clerks who have worked there say the opinion in the Ricci case (named for one of the New Haven firefighters who brought the lawsuit) offers an advance look at Sotomayor's future relations with conservative...
...hear Michael Jackson in the background right now. Yeah, my friend is driving me to Monaco for dinner, and I went out to this store and bought Michael Jackson's greatest hits. So, as we got in the car I said, "This is our driving music!" Going from Cannes to Monaco, listening to the greatest hits of Michael...
...hasn't lived that life." It is entirely possible for two jurists to arrive at an identical conclusion in a case, yet if one of them has considered more options and deliberated more over the issues, that jurist will have made the "wiser, more informed" decision. Sotomayor's background will automatically strengthen her consideration of legal issues - something that will escape some other jurist who has not had the experience of being a minority. Kerman Bharucha, webster...