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...wants to hold her in the moonlight"--it's a small price to pay for the complicated pleasures of a book in which love not only conquers all but also imposes victor's terms. Spencer is like that waterfall on the cover. He may produce a bit of gush, but in what he does there is a power of the kind that spins turbines...
Krish Subrahmanian has a cult following. Everyone seems to know Krish, and everyone has glorious praise for him. They gush he is “one of the nicest and most genuine people,” and even “one of the best people on the planet Earth.” Subrahmanian’s self-effacing reaction? “I think there’s very little that’s interesting about me,” he says...
...amazed if Dunkin' Donuts makes any money at all in Europe," says Andrew Holland, an ABN AMRO analyst in London. Indeed, Dunkin' Donuts closed its last U.K. outlet earlier this year. But the quality of Krispy Kreme's doughnuts is its biggest selling point. Even supposedly objective analysts gush when they talk about eating them. "It really is a cheap delight," says Wolf. That's why free tastings are a big part of the company's business model. Once they try one, Europeans may love Krispy Kreme doughnuts too. But getting them to take that first bite may prove harder...
...Vivendi, Messier created a complex media waterworks from what was once a simple French water utility, acquiring a hodgepodge of cross-border assets, from phone companies to film studios, that at some point were supposed to connect seamlessly and gush money. But he was late to the Big Media theory. Firms like Disney, AOL Time Warner, News Corp. and Viacom had already spent billions connecting content with distribution. To catch up, Messier became a serial acquirer, buying the Bronfmans' Seagram Co. and its Universal movie studio, theme parks and music group for $34 billion in stock. Last year...
Cowell wasn't worried about how well his British edge would translate. "Americans have always had this image of English people as evil anyway," he says. But Mr. Nasty can be nice. When someone wows Cowell, he'll gush, "You are talent. You are a star." (His praise, like many critics', isn't half as inspired as his insults.) And his put-downs can backfire. Jim Verraros, a likable young man who has two deaf parents and who accompanied his first audition by signing, was voted into the finals last week despite a subpar performance. It probably helped that Cowell...