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...comes to this understanding in the course of her own relationship with Mike, who tries to convert her to his ways--love of nature, literature, gloom and doom skepticism and a dose of televangelism. He only becomes overbearing as she realizes her wants and needs are different. In a reposeful moment in bed with him, she wryly thinks to herself, "We are all suckers for the tender, cozy life." Gradually she pulls away from this relationship. Ruby has always been comfortable with herself, she has always relied on herself to get through life, but by the film...
...concern based in Des Moines, Iowa, last month won the first new insurance license Mexican authorities have issued to a foreign firm in more than 50 years. Principal has a 30% stake in a Mexican venture that markets insurance and pension plans. "The Mexican insurance industry needs a dose of marketing expertise," says Camilo Salazar, vice president of international operations for Principal...
Doerr juxtaposes these escapist psychologies with the brute materialism of Bud Loomis, the developer of the community. He jumps America to avoid a hearty dose of tax arrears and irate IRS officials. Before you can say, "Guillermo es tu tio," he has married a peasant girl and started breeding bulls...
Harvard will get a small dose of Las Vegas this week when the Shops by Harvard Yard open, complete with a flourescent street sign and heated shopping strip...
McEwan fleshes out this skeletal scenario with a hearty dose of psychobabble. Freudian guilt complexes, Buddhist cycles of reincarnation and wells of spiritual self-empowerment roam the script untamed. But eclectic psychodramatic conceits are no substitute for substance...