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...inconsistent quality of the digital effects to be grating and cheesy, these are forgivable and do not detract from the meaning or pleasure of the movie. Nair’s affinity for the common man also works to her benefit; the crowd scenes are executed with meticulous attention to detail and the extras are allowed to act, a surprising touch in a film with so many high-profile stars...

Author: By Abigail B. Lind, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Amelia | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

...you’re a “precisionist” in your writing, does that taste apply to other areas of your life? I mean, do you focus a lot on detail...

Author: By Jyotika Banga, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Amy Hempel | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

...writers also investigated every aspect of the book, from the fantastical creatures to the novel’s setting of Forks to Bella’s backpack (yes, they looked at catalogs). “There’s no detail in the work that isn’t researched,” Stein says...

Author: By EESHA D. DAVE, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Revamping Vampires | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

While working paid detail at the Hong Kong restaurant in Harvard Square, Officer Brian Mushlin noted a man who looked drunk with alcoholic breath, bloodshot eyes and unsteady on his feet. One of the doormen at the restaurant reportedly asked the man to leave several times but the suspect began to argue...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi | Title: How Not To End Your Night at the Kong | 10/15/2009 | See Source »

...think it was the detail of you not having a bank account while serving as Ireland's Minister of Finance that startled people.
 
How could the Minister of Finance not have a bank account? Yeah. Of course I had several bank accounts but they were in my wife's name and my name. I didn't have one in my own name. If I ever thought that I was going to be questioned about it, the guys that gave me loans - all I had to do was get them to do a sheet of paper saying this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Former Ireland Prime Minister Bertie Ahern | 10/14/2009 | See Source »

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