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...could use one or two cynics - he's obviously committed to his work and supple in his attempts to engage his students. But there is a certain self-righteousness in him, bordering on arrogance, that can be tough to take. He is not exactly Mr. Chips. On the other hand, the film makes it obvious that eccentric, sweet-souled, old-school schoolmasters would last about five minutes in a modern high school - and not only in working-class Paris, where every day presents its minor melodramatic possibilities and generally realizes them...
Discreet discounts, on the other hand, are all the rage. Priceline, for example is expanding its roster of top-flight inns. "Hotels that we've wanted for a long time, like five-star hotels, are coming in," says Chris Soder, president of North American travel. Yesawich explains that hotels are taking a portion of their inventory, maybe 20 to 50 rooms, and selectively discounting them in this opaque way. "Even a modest rate is better than no rate...
...attached with sufficient dexterity to restore the patient's ability to feel, blink, eat, smell, speak and - not incidentally - smile. This was not what doctors call solid-organ transplant; it was a multitissue transplant, which is an order of magnitude more difficult than, say, a heart transplant or a hand graft...
...Beyond money, the Mafia is a study in power. Provenzano withstood conditions of abject poverty in order to reign over a vast criminal network from the heartland of the Italian island. (A boss who flees his home turf with a suitcase of cash is, on the other hand, considered a failure and possible traitor.) Of course, power and money feed off each other: Provenzano, for one, never stopped working to acquire wealth for Cosa Nostra, even if he couldn't spend it himself. Despite the blows to its leadership, the organization still generates billions of dollars of annual turnover...
...Cupola's sway is thought to have faded in importance under the reign of Salvatore (Toto) Riina in the 1980s, when the bloodthirsty boss of bosses wielded a more autocratic hand. The boss board is believed to have rubber-stamped the 1992 assassinations of Falcone and fellow magistrate Paolo Borsellino, but it was at the insistence of Riina, who would be captured the following year...