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...personally arrested German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl at her chalet in Kitzbühel, Austria. Following his military service, Schulberg wrote the fight-racket novel The Harder They Fall and had no more movie credits until he and Kazan teamed up for On the Waterfront, for which John Garfield, Frank Sinatra and the young Paul Newman were touted for the Terry Malloy role that Brando made his own. The project brought out the best in Schulberg's muckraking temperament, and served as an apologia for informing on fellow (Daily) workers. On naming names, Schulberg later said: "I felt that what...
...regulators and politicians are slowing the process, though, it doesn't mean there's no movement. The House, with its solid majority of Democrats and tight control by Nancy Pelosi and House Financial Services chief Barney Frank, is expected to move legislation early in the fall. Senator Chris Dodd, the Senate Banking Committee chairman, faces a tough re-election battle in 2010 and has every reason to push for a bill. His GOP counterpart, Shelby, is a potential obstacle, but aides say the 75-year-old Senator recognizes the need for change: no one wants a taxpayer-funded bailout like...
...author wrote me back after one rejection. "Please be frank," she said. Then she asked if she should just give...
...screen-display maker AmTRAN Technology, based near Taipei, operates factories in China that export primarily to North America, but the company is tying up this year with a Chinese electronics brand to sell TVs inside China as well. "This year, we're putting a lot into China," AmTRAN president Frank Wu says...
...opinion, after several days spent perusing the legislation - there's a 152-page Administration draft and a 229-page bill introduced in the House by Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank - is that the logic behind it is quite compelling. That doesn't mean it will actually work as advertised, especially after Congress is through with it. But it's an idea that deserves a chance...