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...pigs and he has only one, he would rather see his neighbor's extra pig slaughtered than raise a second one of his own. Such crude but firmly ingrained egalitarian ideas predate communism. They help explain why the average Russian is so suspicious of the new breed of street entrepreneur who hawks everything from bathtub fixtures to brassieres on city sidewalks. He welcomes the sudden abundance, but he thinks it is extremely unfair that someone should make a living by buying scarce goods and reselling them at prices most people cannot afford...
...more a producer -- a hustler after the big picture, an entrepreneur of scalding emotions -- than a director. As such, he is not one to attend to the shading of character. As Washington says, "He basically left me alone and let me run with it." Lee's moods had opposite effects on the excellent actresses who play Malcolm's wife and his white hussy. "He laughs, laughs large," says Angela Bassett (Betty). "He's energy plus." But Kate Vernon (Sophia) says, "He was belligerent and disrespectful in tone toward me. There's a boys' club, and women are not allowed -- especially...
...promising. If he had been just another computer salesman from Dallas with a 1930s haircut and a nasal twang, he probably would never have got his name on the ballot, let alone been admitted to the inner circle of candidates. His money -- plus his record as a can-do entrepreneur -- gained him that much. But it's doubtful, given who Perot is and how he chose to run, that any amount of money could have bought him the presidency...
...Yale Corporation is currently compiling a list of 300 to 400 candidates to serve as Schmidt's successor. Schmidt resigned last spring to work with entrepreneur Christopher Whittle on designing a chain of private schools...
...incarnations that contain varying degrees of truth, Perot is both a folksy speaker and a spinner of international conspiracy theories. He is both a computer entrepreneur and a Bubba-like rebel. He is both a Texarkana boy delivering newspapers on a bicycle and a dashing rescuer of two employees from the depths of revolutionary Teheran. Most visibly, he is both a billionaire and a populist...