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...people anxious to set up a Baghdad stock exchange, try out a flat-tax system, and impose other elements of a lab-school democratic- capitalist social structure. One of my officers returned from a trip to Iraq a month or two after CPA had taken over and told me, "Boss, that place runs like a graduate school seminar, none of them speaks Arabic, almost nobody's ever been to an Arab country, and no one makes a decision but Bremer...
...percent conviction rate. The film boasts a strong supporting cast, including Academy Award-nominee David Strathairn (Edward R. Murrow in “Good Night, and Good Luck”) and Rosamund Pike (“Pride & Prejudice”), who plays Gosling’s sexy new boss. Pike serves as the clichéd workplace lover, and it’s a bit of a stretch when she brings Gosling home for Thanksgiving dinner. The in-your-face cinematography of this intellectual suspense flick is sure to engage its audiences. Several intense close-ups allow Hopkins, Gosling...
...eyed about sports. A few miles outside Birmingham, at Aston Villa's training ground, new owner Randy Lerner is setting out his vision for the club. From the slightly scruffy facilities to the club's balance sheet, this is no Manchester United or Chelsea. For the $142 million the boss of the NFL's Cleveland Browns' paid for Villa in August, Lerner got last season's 16th-best team in England, complete with tumbling revenue and attendance. So while he spies an "untapped market," he means Birmingham, not Beijing. Compared with other Premier League clubs, he tells a handful...
...retirement are worth a giggle. Pressel had other issues. The week after her big victory, she played poorly--Lincicome won the Ginn Open. But one bad week isn't going to set her back. "That girl is tougher than a nickel steak," says golf pro McNamara. And so is Boss Bivens. They are ready to tee up a new game...
...Though she winced as her former boss savaged those precious films, Schoonmaker was able to practice an editing technique called “negative cutting,” and her expertise made her the obvious choice to save Scorsese’s film. Their mutual trust began then, as did Schoonmaker’s admiration for Scorsese’s work...