Word: fixers
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Mori's physical dynamism contrasted sharply with the dour frailty of his predecessor, who lay in a coma last week after a massive stroke. But the L.D.P. secretary-general was picked for the top post mainly because of his skills as a fixer in the back rooms of Japanese politics, where real decision making takes place. What his faction-riddled party needs most in these turbulent times--as the country faces a devastating volcanic eruption in the north, economic stagnation and a crisis of confidence--is someone who can hold things together...
...three attractive characters are, basically, celibate. Like the way-better Broadcast News, this is a film about friends obsessed with their work. Father Brian and Rabbi Jake amuse their congregations with hip jokes (it's how Sam Kinison and Jackie Mason got started), while Anna toils as a corporate fixer: "I talked McDonald's out of the McOyster...