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According to Bob Harrison, Goldman’s New York City-based global co-head of telecom, media and technology, Mead’s “extraordinary amount of background, good sense of humor and calm and unflappable demeanor” have enabled him to become a trusted industry advisor and strategist...
There are two kinds of directors in Hollywood: despots and doting parents. Despite his focus on the darker corners of the human psyche, Nolan is shaping up as one of the latter. "He's so calm," says Hilary Swank, who plays Insomnia's idealistic local detective, "and really aware of people's safety. In the scene where I get punched by Robin, Chris made sure it was all worked out and rehearsed, and we did just three takes. Usually directors want 20 to make sure they sell the punch...
...spiced spinach and cardamom tea, has for years helped keep the conflict near the top of the news agenda. The guest book, filled with enraptured reporters' reviews, contains some of the most earnest writing many of these war hacks have ever produced. "Once more, an island of sanity and calm in a sea of trouble," rhapsodizes a journalist from the Washington Post. "Gulam Butt led me from his tree-shaded office through a well-tended rose garden onto an immaculate houseboat," swoons National Geographic. "Birds singing in the beautiful garden, majestic trees towering above boats gliding silently on a shimmering...
...things really that bad? And if so, why are we only hearing about it now? Stung by criticism of its handling of pre-Sept. 11 counter-terrorism intelligence, the Bush administration's instinct to share vague terror threats with the public is understandable. But although this is designed to calm the public, it may well have the opposite effect - and that would be bad news for the administration and good news for al-Qaeda...
...Everybody, everybody, please calm down...