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...comedy hits of the spring and summer - Blades of Glory, Knocked Up, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Dave, Superbad - guys ruled. Dude comedy is all about males in competition: verbal and physical sparring, being assertive, spitting out insults, destroying the adversary. Basically, bullying. The men in dude comedies are Neanderthals...
...attempts to turn the bank into a major force on Wall Street, declared, "I've had all the fun I can stand in investment banking at the moment." And after Citigroup announced a nearly 60% drop in earnings, Deutsche Bank analyst Mike Mayo more or less asked CEO Chuck Prince why he hadn't been fired. Prince's response: "If you look at the strategic plan that we are executing on, I think any fair-minded person would say that strategic plan is working...
...between the two expenditures. Between serving 25,000 daily meals; managing a 650-member staff; and running 13 dining halls, campus restaurants, Crimson Cash, catering, sustainability programs, and public service partnerships, HUDS entails a considerably more nuanced approach to decision-making and budgeting than, say, tallying up three-buck chuck against a UC check (or lack thereof, these days). Perhaps the occasional frivolous purchase is the price we have to pay for the most responsive and accommodating of all campus institutions. Execution can miss the mark: brain-break offerings don’t put a dent in late-night hunger...
...other states where the G.O.P. has had success in recruiting promising candidates are Virginia, where Representative Tom Davis and former Governor Jim Gilmore have both expressed interest in John Warner's seat, and Nebraska, where former Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns has thrown his hat in the ring to succeed Chuck Hagel. Johanns is also one of the only candidates that President Bush might be able to help this cycle. "The President is well received in Nebraska; I would be honored to have him here," Johanns said. On the other hand, even strong Republican candidates may not be enough if former...
...third act that diminishes, demeans, defames both the material and the actors. To slam home the theme of sexual aggression, Pinter forces one of the characters to dress in drag. Which makes Sleuth fit into the year's dominant trend, of movies from 300 to Blades of Glory, from Chuck and Larry to Superbad: guys channel their attraction or hatred for each other into games of teasing and fighting...