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...shadow creeping across a wall or the ripple of an unseen form under the bedsheets. The gore scenes in splatter movies carry a sadistic punch, but those are outside most moviegoers' experience. What Peli is interested in is dread, a feeling everyone is familiar with. (Will I lose my job? Has she found someone else? Why hasn't our kid come home yet? What's that strange rash?) Movies take that anxiety, crystallize it and, because fiction demands an ending, resolve it. The threat is provided, the fear made flesh, the monster confronted. All gone - feel better? Horror movies provide...
...subprime exposure might be too high. No one dared be the bearer of bad news. The purpose of work, at least in white collar settings, was to flatter and reassure the boss, who had in turn probably read enough of the business self-help literature to believe that his job was to motivate others with his own relentless and radiant optimism. (Read "A Primer for Pessimists...
...Committee, struck the first blow, issuing a release that suggested Obama was undeserving of the award. "The real question Americans are asking is, 'What has President Obama actually accomplished?'" Steele said in the statement. "One thing is certain - President Obama won't be receiving any awards from Americans for job creation, fiscal responsibility, or backing up rhetoric with concrete action." (Read "Obama's Nobel: The Last Thing He Needs...
...which were hardly positive - to believe that the award was one that he would rather not have been granted. But granted it was, and Obama had to say something about it. Without being showy or dynamic, his brief speech in the White House Rose Garden did the job...
...airline industry is suffering worldwide, but ANA has fared better than its main competitor, Japan Airlines (JAL), which has three times the number of international flights as ANA. While JAL recently announced job cuts before it starts a massive restructuring plan with government help, ANA's image has been improving - in part because of moves like this one. Rather than cut services and leave passengers in the cold - remember the disappearing blankets? - to reduce costs and be a greener airline, ANA is asking passengers to get involved. And in Japan, sometimes a little suggestion is met with...