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Last fall, in southern Iraq, a Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) official approached Maurice (Termite) Watkins, 47, at breakfast. Watkins, a professional boxer turned pest-control contractor, had spent the previous six months killing scorpions and camelback spiders around U.S. military bases and reconstruction sites in Iraq. The official, regional coordinator Mike Gfoeller, had heard that Watkins could fight more than mosquitoes. "What are the odds of you getting an Iraqi boxer qualified for the Olympics?" Gfoeller asked. Termite spoke from the heart. "About one in a million...
...executives, he storms about LG's factories and offices poring over details, issuing commands and spurring on the staff by giving them what he terms "stretch goals," or aggressive targets. Awake at 5:30 each morning for a brisk walk, he openly prefers "morning people" and holds 7 a.m. breakfast meetings with top executives. "I don't like the expression 'nice,'" Kim says. "I don't want LG to be perceived as nice. None of the great companies in the world are nice." Kim's relentless nature has put some executives on the defensive. "He likes to be heavily involved...
...from Queens--including his unofficial manager Eric (Kevin Connolly) and chucklehead pal Turtle (Jerry Ferrara)--who live in his L.A. house, ride in his Rolls, smoke his pot and score his surplus women. ("Come on, make out with me," Turtle cajoles one. "I'll show you where Vince eats breakfast.") In return, they make him feel safe...
...darkness and edge that have distinguished HBO's best series. Unlike The Larry Sanders Show, it doesn't want to break new ground in critiquing show biz. It just wants you to have some fun with it on Sunday night. Then it'll show you where Vince eats breakfast. Promise. --By James Poniewozik
...either charged or released at the end of hostilities - in this case, the transfer of sovereignty to Iraq. But the only print journalists allowed to attend the hearing were American. Al-Jazeera and CNN were able to film the event, which was carefully timed to coincide with prime-time breakfast television stateside, but were ordered to block out the sound of Saddam's voice. And there were no defense lawyers in the courtroom. Saddam remains under U.S. lock and key. He may be denied the right to choose his own lawyers, though his first wife, Sajida, has assembled a multinational...