Word: detailer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...American publishers. He capitalizes on the romantic nation of Arab story-telling, as thousands have before him. But Schami boasts an advantage that Nerval or Flaubert could never attain: he is an Arab. He understands what makes Damascenes tick, and embues his account with a wealth of genuine detail that French Orientalists could only dream of (when they weren't dreaming about those slave-girls they bought in Cairo). At the same time, he knows his surroundings well enough to misrepresent them subtly: Damascus appears slightly trated up for the Western reader, slightly more quaint and foreign than it actually...
...words, "Executive Producer: Charlie Sheen," appeared on the screen. Usually we are given this information at the beginning of a film, but something tell me that Sheen, who, as the kidnappers, is on screen for 90% or more of the film, was too embarassed to admit this little detail until at least half of the patrons had left the theatre. Only from the mind of a two-bit Hollywood actor could such a project burst forth, like Athena from the head of whoever. This movie sucks...
...sciences department, characterizes Rosario's student years as "disciplined and responsible." Those qualities would be essential to helping Rosario and Ames hide their espionage activities in the years to come -- especially since Ames, by one colleague's account, "wasn't a man who paid a lot of attention to detail...
Wiretaps of the couple's conversations indicate that Rosario was not only supportive; she at least tried to impose a modicum of discipline on the operation. Snippets of dialogue reported in the affidavit show that she grilled her husband for every detail about his alleged interactions with the Russians. While Ames comes off as relaxed and somewhat careless, she frets constantly. Did he send the message on time? Should she get Paul out of the house? Did he find a deft way to transport large sums of cash? Often she seems nervous and distrustful of Ames. At one point...
Many White House officials view the arrival of Harold Ickes much the way Jane and Michael Banks came to regard the coming of their strict new governess, Mary Poppins. In an Administration that likes to think big and play messy, Ickes is devoted to detail and driven to discipline. While he has by no means reversed the fortunes of the President's health-care reform bill -- last week many legislators on Capitol Hill were sounding taps again for central elements of Clinton's plan -- the 54-year-old New York attorney has brought to the White House skills that have...