Word: cons
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...videos, the benevolent, ursine Jackson wanders around the set, cameraman in tow, amiably accosting stars and grips and caterers alike in his thick New Zealand accent ("conceptual artwork" turns into "con-sip-shull aht-wook") and interviewing them about whatever it is they do. We meet such unsung heroes as Tony Drawbridge, a propmaker who handcrafts fake animal poop, and Ngaire Woods, the production's plane spotter, who sits on a hill with binoculars and watches for passing aircraft that might disrupt a shot. There are some naysayers. "I can't believe they get to see me in costume...
...rescuing damsels in distress. Hartigan (Bruce Willis, untoppable at slipping into the skin of doomed tough guys) is a cop on a mission to save sweet Nancy (Jessica Alba) from a serial killer. Marv (Mickey Rourke, whose fallen-angel smile peeks through pounds of makeup) is an ex-con avenging the death of the one beautiful woman who ever did him a favor. Dwight (sturdy, haunted Clive Owen), on the lam from the law, protects the city's only honorable citizens: the hookers...
...went to the U.S. to study and when he returned to China and realized that all his American M.B.A. lessons couldn't be applied back home. "There's a belief vacuum in China, which means that many people only believe in money," Huang says. "That means there are con artists everywhere. They will cook their books. They will lie during presentations." As China's experiment in what he calls "raw capitalism" carries on, the re-education of Comrade Huang no doubt will continue...
...went to the U.S. to study and when he returned to China and realized that all his American M.B.A. lessons couldn't be applied back home. "There's a belief vacuum in China, which means that many people only believe in money," Huang says. "That means there are con artists everywhere. They will cook their books. They will lie during presentations." As China's experiment in what he calls "raw capitalism" carries on, the re-education of Comrade Huang no doubt will continue. --By Hannah Beech/Shanghai
...wary--but that some bad guys also got hold of them. That's why the nation's largest data miner, whose computers maintain and manipulate 19 billion data files for clients ranging from the Cub Scouts to the CIA, found itself trying to explain last week how a Nigerian con artist posing as several small-business owners could extract data on 145,000 people. "They were careful not to trip the triggers, and they did pay their bills," James Lee, ChoicePoint's chief marketing officer, says of the fake businesses. But the Nigerian job did trigger a national debate...