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George W. Bush usually likes to have a little fun at Larry Lindsey's expense. As the President's chief economic adviser, Lindsey must trek downstairs to the Oval Office three days a week and brief his boss, the Vice President and other top aides on the state of the American economy. Lately, Lindsey has barely been able to get a word out of his mouth before the President starts giving him grief. "When are you gonna bring me some good news, Lawrence?" Bush asks with a wink or a grin. "Any good news today, Lawrence...
...even the loosest definition is the Prime Minister a true outsider. He was born into a political family. His grandfather Matajiro was a construction-crew boss with a full-body dragon tattoo. He lived in Yokosuka, a town on Tokyo Bay. Matajiro's florid oratory and populism won him numerous terms in Parliament. He had no sons, but a protege insinuated himself into the family by marrying the old man's daughter. That man was Junya, the father of Koizumi, and he succeeded Matajiro in Parliament. When he died, he left clear instructions for his eldest son: "Certain victory, Junichiro...
Tucked inside the shock and fury was dismay at the performance of others whose job--perhaps impossible--was to prevent this from happening. There were quiet calls for the heads of CIA chief Tenet and FAA boss Jane Garvey for allowing so appalling a breach of security on their watch. And there was an equal determination to find those who were behind...
...lives is fabulous. He gives us striking and pitch-perfect accounts of the crises and triumphs and weird lines of internal reasoning exhibited by his characters, who are involved in episodes such as a biotech IPO, a fraudulent investment scheme in a Baltic nation, an affair with both the boss and the boss’s spouse, a rather hopeful yet disastrous cruise in search of fall foliage, and a slow descent into mental illness. These details are both incidental and fundamental to the story he tells. Because Franzen knows his characters so well, their stories are full and sympathetic...
...believe that Udé is a serious artist whose work merits praise for the risks it takes, or you see him as a sex-obsessed, club-hopping narcissist, “Beyond Decorum” is certainly an exhibit worth seeing. If nothing else, the next time your boss reprimands you for photocopying your rear end, you’ll have a precedent...