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...years, opened in Hanoi with the political élite promising to accelerate economic reforms and tackle corruption. But it remains to be seen whether bureaucrats will be able to change. "People used to joke in the late 1990s that Vietnam never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity," says Fred Burke, managing partner of the U.S. law firm Baker & McKenzie. "I hope it won't be true this time." Workers like Nhan, who is going to work in the new Canon factory, are vowing to do their bit. "People in the north are just as hard-working as [those...
...thought immediately of Mae West’s riposte that “goodness had nothing to do with it.” If Caldwell feels that Christianity is dismissed at Harvard, she might take note of who have become its most visible advocates: Fred Phelps, James Dobson, Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, and Ralph Reed. None are known for promoting Christ’s messages of love, tolerance, and generosity. Care for the poor, the sick, the sinner, and the prisoner is absent from today’s Christianity. The Catholic Church in which I was baptized has spent...
...Also this fall Sienna Miller will star in a biopic of Edie Sedgwick set in 1965, the year she became known as Warhol's muse. And taking inspiration from his work, Levi's just launched a Warhol Factory X line of ultrapremium jeans, tops and jackets at Barneys and Fred Segal. "Andy's probably clapping his hands somewhere," says photographer David McCabe, who followed Warhol around for an entire year circa 1964. "This is exactly what he planned. He was very calculated...
...breathes heavily. 4. Every time you see Jon Voight, because the only way to comprehend that this man co-produced Angelina Jolie is to be heavily intoxicated. 5. Every time that damn theme song starts playing in the background. This would also be a good time to burn Fred Durst in effigy for having his fourth-rate musical act make a cover of it for “Mission: Impossible 2.” 6. At every extreme close-up of someone sweating profusely. This is either a really silly way to convey tension, or an attempt to bring salophilia...
...says.Gordon added that the Logan project helped mold his approach in dealing with residents. “You’ve gotta be honest with them,” Gordon says. “When people are too cute, too flashy, they see through it immediately.” Fred Moavenzadeh, a professor of systems engineering and civil and environmental engineering at M.I.T., characterizes Gordon as a “people person.”“People do not get suspicious of him or frightened of him or get doubtful of his sincerity,” he says.Since...