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...predicting Cannes' demise for decades, ever since European and Asian cinema became the merest boutiques outside the juggernaut Wal-Mart that is Hollywood. American movies rule the box office in nearly every country they're allowed free access to, so who cares about art films? Acknowledging the challenge, Cannes' chief programmer Thierry Frémaux is savvy enough to pepper his slate with brand names and faces - folks who will get their pictures on TV, in magazines and on the Internet, and earn the festival free publicity around the globe. This year Cannes has star quality in spades; rather...
...Intel responded by announcing it would appeal in the E.U.'s courts. "We believe the decision is wrong and ignores the reality of a highly competitive microprocessor market," Intel chief executive Paul Otellini said. "There has been absolutely zero harm to consumers. Intel will appeal...
Smith said it would have been difficult to plan the cuts earlier, since the Harvard Corporation—the University’s chief governing body—did not announce the eight-percent reduction in the payout rate until March...
...considerable concern to me," he said on May 7, brushing off a suggestion that the Taliban or the priority given to Iraq were to blame for the Afghanistan shortfalls. "It's more, really, a logistical challenge than it is anything else," Gates said. That, one of the Defense chief's top aides said, is an unacceptable failure in a theater of war. "McKiernan never quite figured out how to ensure that he would succeed - he was still too dependent on the organization coming to his rescue," the aide said. "Sadly, this institution doesn't always do that...
...appointed chief of staff of military operations in Afghanistan. Two years later, he was selected to deliver nationally televised Pentagon briefings about military operations in Iraq...