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...humanity. "The kingdom of God can be found in the thick of the markets, and God calls some Christians to take the risk of being there," he writes. Not much risk taking is expected from Green, though. Ian Smillie, a bank analyst at ABN AMRO in London, calls Green "classic HSBC," which he describes as "considered" but "never cutting edge." Green will certainly need to sort out the bank's underperforming investment-banking business...
...daunting test--more like a hazing or a prank--for unsuspecting English majors, Laurence Sterne's The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gent. has for nearly 2 1/2 centuries been the least-read classic in the canon. The novel is such a wildly, willfully discursive history of its hero and narrator (whose birth does not occur until more than halfway through the book) that the notion of turning it into a 94-min. film raises two stubborn questions...
...answer comes in a comment on the novel in the movie Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story: the book is "a postmodern classic written before there was any modernism to be post about. So it's way ahead of its time." Its spirit can be caught only in a blithe, brazen adaptation of the sort that director Michael Winterbottom and screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce have concocted with the aid of game cast members who apply the scalpel of parody to themselves as well as to the material. To put this in simple English, Cock and Bull begins by dramatizing...
...Apple has asked its software partners to compile programs in a "universal" format, which means they'll have two sets of execution code written side by side. Anything that isn't written for Intel will be handled in the computer's background. You won't have any kind of "Classic" environment popping up. The catch is that a few of Apple's higher-end programs won't work this way, including Final Cut Pro, Motion, Soundtrack Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Aperture, Logic Pro, Logic Express, Shake and Final Cut Express. If you run any of those on a regular basis...
...Cocktails shaken and stirred Legendary London mixologist Douglas Ankrah carefully considers food pairings and serves up cocktails both classic and creative. Thirsty work Australian sommelier Matt Skinner, the wine manager of Jamie Oliver's Fifteen, has written an easy and unpretentious guide to wines. Bartending 101 This comprehensive guide from the Harvard Student Agencies' Bartending Course teaches amateurs to mix hundreds of drinks like...