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...part, this is because Chretien had started to embarrass Canadians. A consummate insider who overstayed his welcome, he turned Canada into a sort of benevolent cronyship and at times seemed quite happy to tick off Canada's neighbor to the south. Chretien and Bill Clinton got along fine; Chretien and George W. Bush did not. Canada stayed out of the Iraq war, an aide of Chretien's said Bush was a "moron" and a Liberal Member of Parliament referred to Americans as "bastards" with no public rebuke from the Prime Minister. Last May Bush canceled a long-planned trip...
Industry insiders call it Bunim/Murray University for all the entry-level production assistants and tape loggers it has graduated to big-time gigs. And with reality shows still booming, the production company that makes The Real World and Road Rules--and will further embarrass Paris Hilton in Fox's new The Simple Life--needs more talent than ever. Assistants at Bunim/Murray Productions are gofers, but banality begets opportunity. While chauffeuring company co-founder Mary-Ellis Bunim to the airport four years ago, Benjamin Greenberg told her that he wanted to write screenplays. Bunim recommended a book, and the pair discussed...
...part, this is because Chretien had started to embarrass Canadians. A consummate insider who overstayed his welcome, he turned Canada into a sort of benevolent cronyship and at times seemed quite happy to tick off Canada's neighbor to the south. Chretien and Bill Clinton got along fine; Chretien and George W. Bush did not. Canada stayed out of the Iraq war, an aide of Chretien's said Bush was a "moron" and a Liberal Member of Parliament referred to Americans as "bastards" with no public rebuke from the Prime Minister. Last May Bush canceled a long-planned trip...
...ever there was one, unleashed a mammoth 71-yard touchdown run barely three minutes into the game, finding a huge hole in the Dartmouth defense and flat outrunning a Big Green defender to give Harvard an early lead. It was the sort of play that was supposed to embarrass the opposition and give the Crimson an instant advantage...
Limbaugh claimed he received 30,000 e-mails from devoted listeners last week. Many others, not fans, defended his right to embarrass himself. Randall Cunningham, the former Eagles star who blazed a trail for black quarterbacks, says that if he met Rush, "I'd tell him, 'Brother, you made a mistake. But keep the thoughts coming...