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...understand how the foreign financial institutions got so deeply involved with Parmalat, it's important to appreciate the hype surrounding the company a decade ago. During the 1990s, it was one of the hottest firms in Italy. Tanzi, 66, was a legendary figure, revered for building a world-class company from scratch through hard work and innovation. Soon after founding Parmalat as a dairy company in 1961, he embraced a new pasteurization technology that allowed milk to stay fresh for months without refrigeration. He discovered the power of sports marketing and plastered the Parmalat name on events ranging from World...
...conversation, he was artfully vague about his legislative plans and reluctant to offer prescriptions for resuscitating the party other than the mild suggestion that Democrats should pay more attention to rural America. Indeed, a good example of the Reid style can be found in his handling of that hottest of issues, abortion. He opposes it except in cases of rape, incest or when the life of the mother is at stake. But he has leavened that position with vehement support for contraception. He joined with Maine Republican Olympia Snowe to offer a bill ordering private health-insurance plans to cover...
...gaudy musicals and pumped-up stage dramas, Crystal's 700 Sundays might seem like a pretty stripped-down piece of theater. But then, you must not go to the theater much. Crystal's autobiographical monologue, which opened last weekend, is the hottest-selling new show of the Broadway season. And while Crystal may be alone on the stage, he's certainly not alone onstage. His is just one of five one-person shows--along with those from Whoopi Goldberg, Mario Cantone, Eve Ensler and Dame Edna--that have opened on Broadway since September...
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Remember The Ring? It was originally a Japanese horror film. Since its phenomenal success, movie remakes have become the hottest Asian import since Hello Kitty. This year’s The Grudge will soon be followed by American versions of blockbusters like My Sassy Girl and Infernal Affairs. The man who singlehandedly started this trend, film producer Roy Lee, explained to The Guardian how The Ring’s success led him to an epiphany: “I thought, ‘That was too easy—I should check the other movies made there...