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...Emily (Elizabeth Banks), a rather gelid blonde whom he leaves behind at the University of Wisconsin to take a job with Bill Clinton's New York campaign in 1992; April (Isla Fisher), a smart, but intellectually and emotionally drifting colleague in the campaign; and Summer (Rachel Weisz), an ambitious journalist who eventually betrays him after he has begun a promising career as a political consultant. It is, I suppose, a premise, of sorts, but as writer-director Adam Brooks's Definitely, Maybe galumphs along, it is not a particularly romantic or comedic one. Of them all - Hayes included - only Fisher...
...that's where the simple comparison to the U.S. after 1945 breaks down. Journalist turned businessman Jim McGregor, one of the most astute observers of modern China, says that the country is cramming three different eras of U.S. history into one. In U.S. terms, the postwar prosperity that fueled the flight to the suburbs is happening at the same time as the 19th century Industrial Revolution that lured people from the farm to the cities, and also as Progressive Era efforts to rein in the worst abuses of capitalism take shape. I asked Guo if he agreed. He nodded...
...Rome-based humanitarian entity whose senior members are knights and other nobles, aids victims of war and disaster, issues its own passports and holds diplomatic ties with 100 nations. In 1988 Andrew Bertie, a descendant of Britain's royal Stuarts, became its first British grand master since 1258. The journalist turned teacher upped membership, expanded relief efforts and doubled diplomatic missions...
...growing concern that the cure is proving just as poisonous as the ailments. A new report from New York-based Human Rights charges that the Caretaker Government has trampled over basic human rights to achieve its goals. The report, which focuses on the testimony of Tasneem Khalil, a prominent journalist for the English-language Daily Star newspaper and for CNN and a part-time consultant to Human Rights Watch, paints a depressing picture of abuse at the hands of Bangladesh's military intelligence agency. Khalil, who had been writing about the security forces' alleged role in extra-judicial killings, torture...
...claim that "the reason she may be a front runner is her husband messed around," had Rush Limbaugh asking whether America wants to watch a woman aging in the Oval Office and faced a young guy yelling "Iron my shirt!" at a rally. (Not to mention: a male journalist writes about a woman presidential candidate--and of course he runs with the "soap opera" metaphor...