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...beyond the cosmetic alterations to reward Theron’s breakthrough work, which painstakingly recreates the intense discomfort of a woman desperate to find a reason not to shoot herself at any given moment. At the film’s core is Wuornos’ tumultuous relationship with flippant lover Selby Wall (Christina Ricci). Though Jenkins fails to offer a believable relationship between these two individuals and Ricci sits through an unnaturally amateurish performance, Monster is ultimately redeemed by Theron’s resonant performance...
...issue of Sept. 16, The Crimson published an unfortunate Comment entitled “Dean’s Inevitable Fall” by Travis R. Kavulla. In a series of flippant dismissals, Kavulla misses both the substance of Dean’s campaign and its momentum among independents and core Democratic voters...
...urban Supercenter, in downtown Dallas. And without fanfare it is testing used-car sales alongside one of its Houston stores. "It's surprising how much room we have for growth," says Robson Walton, 58, Sam's son and the company's nonexecutive chairman. "I'm not trying to be flippant," adds Lee Scott, 52, Wal-Mart's CEO. "But simply put, our long-term strategy is to be where...
...pretty serious about it," says Linda Kristiansen, a retail analyst for UBS Warburg Equity Research. They are also serious about global expansion. Wal-Mart wants to be in the world's top 20 national markets, which account for 60% of all retail activity. "I'm not trying to be flippant," adds Lee Scott, 52, Wal-Mart's third ceo. "But simply put, our long-term strategy is to be where we're not." Wal-Mart is now the leading retailer in Mexico. The company recently landed in Japan, buying 34% of Seiyu, a leading retailer there, adding market...
...Rather than simply a forum for coordinating positions, the UN has become the venue for a battle between contending ideas of how to deal with Saddam Hussein. The U.S. position remains one of demanding regime-change - underscored in flippant comments Tuesday by White House press secretary Ari Fleischer to the effect that the cheapest way to disarm Iraq would simply be the assassination of its leader. But even among those willing to pursue disarmament, the a priori goal of "regime-change" is not widely shared, and language as intemperate as Fleischer's - and more sober comments by other Administration officials...