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...like Taymor, is an avant-gardist with a showman's flair, and his movie has as many styles borrowed from '60s movies - from Richard Lester's Beatles films, from D.A. Pennabaker's cinema verite Dylan documentary, from Woodstock and European art films - as it has actors playing Dylan. This buffet of styles makes the movie consistently diverting, if not engrossing...
...back to be cooked more, but all Nate processed was that one second his burger was there and the next someone had taken it away. He jumped up angrily from his chair, followed the waiter into the kitchen and grabbed his plate back. At other restaurants, Nate has licked buffet utensils and thrown tantrums when the wait for a table is too long...
...Bottled-water connoisseur Michael Mascha thinks a restaurant markup for a bottle of mineral water of five to eight times its cost is horrible business. My local self-service Chinese buffet, hardly at the upper end of the culinary spectrum, charges 30p for a glass of tap water. Anyone care to estimate the percentage markup? Graham Bird, LONDON...
...time and money just trying to explain to governments and the public what it is they do. With Diana as its silent spokeswoman, the Fund needs no introduction - everyone knew Diana and the causes she stood for. "We're very small compared to foundations the size of Gates and Buffet, which are spending $3.5 billion a year," says Astrid Bonfield, the Fund's CEO. "But the fact that we have Diana, who is associated with very powerful images around issues like land mines and HIV/AIDS, gives us a voice. It opens doors and gives us a seat at the table...
...Benevolent foundations and individuals must fund professors of the leading universities to search for solutions. When the wealthy contribute to relieving the misery of the world's poor, they perform a big-hearted act, returning to mankind a part of what they have earned from it. Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and others are to be commended for setting a great example; they should be rewarded with the Nobel Peace Prize. It is time for society to demonstrate that money is not its principal value and that altruism, compassion and philanthropy are still warming the hearts of men. John P. Tsahageas...