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...short-lived Firefly, for instance, was essentially a western set in space. And now, with the terrific new drama Justified (which debuts March 16), FX and author Elmore Leonard have taken a crucial figure from westerns - the haunted lone gunslinger - and plopped him in 21st century Kentucky. (See the best TV shows of the decade...
...steely bearing, courtly mannerisms and a direct way of talking. Sitting through an inquiry panel investigating his use of deadly force, he interrupts his supervisor's bureaucratese answer and says cowboy-like, "Let's just keep it simple, huh? He pulled first. I shot him." (See the 100 best TV shows of all time...
...member PERAB, which meets by conference call most Fridays, is best known for its leader, former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, who has persuaded Obama to take a more aggressive approach to banking regulation. But it also includes several executives whose firms stand to benefit from more federal funding of green technology - people like General Electric's Jeffrey Immelt and Caterpillar's James Owens, both of whom supported John McCain. Doerr took the lead on the group's energy subcommittee, drafting a 2009 memo that called for increasing fees on carbon pollution and changing rules to encourage electric utilities...
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