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...revere his superb noir "The Big Combo" (1955). The film contains absolutely exquisite visuals, courtesy of Lewis and top noir cinematographer John Alton, but its most distinctive quality is the way in which the bad guy, Richard Conte, perpetually outshines straight arrow Cornel Wilde. Conte is charming, determined (his credo: "First is first and second is nobody!"), and very, very suave as gangster "Mr. Brown," whereas Wilde is a bore as his police detective nemesis. It's no wonder then that Lewis loved to talk about the time Wilde (who also served as the film's associate producer) attempt...
Until recently, James, 36, would never have imagined himself as a nurse. He's an ex-Army paratrooper who loves motorcycles and lives by the credo "Just because you're a nice guy doesn't mean you can't kick a little ass." He had just landed what he calls his "dream job," detailing motorcycles for Harley-Davidson, when Ella learned of her cancer. He realized he was about to lose his mother, and everything changed. He quit the new job, left the Army Reserves, postponed a pending marriage and set out to provide 24-hour care at Ella...
Instead of taking the "easy way out" and immediately firing commanders, Putin told viewers, he would work to restore "the army, the fleet and the country." He then laid out his own credo: "I will be with the army. I will be with the fleet. I will be with the people." The order in which he listed his priorities was probably not coincidental...
...company exists in a strange paradox. Our credo: The SAT is a worthless test that discriminates against women, racial minorities and the poor. We hate the SAT. Long live...
...Europeans can comfortably shop at places like the Parndorf Designer Outlet, east of Vienna, just as they can in Michigan or New Jersey, for huge savings on brand names like Nike and Gap. "BAA McArthurGlen is the pioneer of pan-European outlet shopping," says Clive Minihan, director of the Credo Group, a developer of retail and new-media business in London. Pioneering has paid off. BAA McArthurGlen has grown from scratch to a sizable (revenues of $472.3 million in the fiscal year ending March 31) behemoth that must now contend with upstart rivals trying to match its accomplishments...