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That sense of responsibility has always been part of Winslet's makeup, although she says that in her 20s, she had to balance it with her dread of being thought an "arrogant young actor." Between 1993 and 1998, she kept a journal chronicling those uncertainties. "I've always been very, very aware of wanting to be understood as being the person that I really am," she says. So, partly in order to figure that out, she started to write, detailing the years-long arc of her relationship with a man 12 years her senior that began when she was still...
USAGE: "To clear a huge backlog of foreclosures, judges [in Lee County, Fla.] are hearing 'rocket dockets' of nearly 1,000 cases a day." --Wall Street Journal...
...Party for bringing stability, while large numbers of government opponents support the banned Muslim Brotherhood group. Nonetheless, some observers believe that Nour's release may be an indication of greater freedom to come for all opposition parties. "This is a positive sign," says Hala Mustafa, editor of the Egyptian journal Democracy. "In the end, the regime showed a relative tolerance toward one of its fierce opponents. It is a sign that maybe the regime is willing to compromise. Before, the regime [used to shut] the door for any compromise. Political openness is a must, and it is very difficult...
...They don't take cultural offense to anything. They just deal with power." - on private equity firms' approach to dealing with unions, Wall Street Journal...
...going to like what Ron Bloom has to say; and certainly the stockholders and creditors will not like what he has to say." - Michael Psaros, a co-founder of KPS Capital Partners, a private equity group, on Bloom's tough negotiating skills, Wall Street Journal...