Word: brutality
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...history or economic development. Expanded world trade is indeed an engine of development, for rich and poor countries alike. And the rule of law surely beats the rule of the jungle, especially for the weaker countries. The collapse of trade in the Great Depression taught us that lesson in brutal terms...
...search is efficient, even brutal. If Shemmer can't deduce what a company's Web address might be, it's history. "That's it," he says. "I might ask someone, but..." One target's Web site is unattractive and poorly designed, lacking basic information about management and investors. Shemmer sends them a curt e-mail telling them to shape up, then moves on. With practice, the culling goes quickly, Shemmer says. "There's a ton of shitty companies out there. It's like 80-20." Once he identifies a likely prospect, Shemmer places a call to the CEO for more...
...September, some of the largest terrorist bombs ever repeatedly rocked Moscow--clearly challenging the psychological security of Russians. Though it is uncertain who planted these bombs, Russia has claimed it was Chechen terrorists and has used the guise of "anti-terrorist action" to launch a brutal offensive against the region of Chechnya. The charge of blame against Chechens is unverified, so far, but the campaign has garnered the approval of 60 to 80 percent of the Russian people...
TIME: Why do you think the judge's finding was so brutal...
...that writer-director Joel Schumacher refuses to stick to what might have been his best point, which is how the singing lessons actually work. That's apparently too static for him, and we see very little of the pair working together. Instead, he focuses on the boringly brutal criminals who keep looking for their lost loot, on the cute vagaries of drag-queen life, on Koontz's messed-up romantic and buddy relationships. All this points to the preordained ending, in which everyone learns to get along with everyone else. De Niro's is a carefully studied performance, which pretty...