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...have originated the Swatch concept in 1979: "He has to be the big boss, alone, and can never share opinions. He was a consultant all his life, and he wanted to become a marketer and product developer. But he never learned that job. That's why he's so keen on promoting this ridiculous idea...
Sharp-eyed and keen, Glennie reads lips so fluently that an interlocutor would never know she cannot hear. In performance she watches the conductor and orchestra with a fierce intensity, picking up visual cues and bounding from instrument to instrument with the grace of a natural athlete. She often gets a workout: Dominic Muldowney's astringent Concerto for Percussion, subtitled Figure in a Landscape, which she performed with the Cincinnati Symphony late last month, employs cymbals, marimba, Japanese bells, a pair of bongos, two congas, a vibraphone, four small drums, four wood blocks and several boobams, which are tuned cylindrical...
...Bosnian Serb army but did not begin to hate until, he says, his mother was jailed and beaten by Muslims. "When she got out she wouldn't talk about it. That's when I picked up a gun and began shooting Muslims. I hate them all." His anger and keen marksmanship drew him to a sniper unit. An officer taught Pipo a useful mental trick for his new line of work: "Don't let the faces follow...
Peacetime spying useful only as a murky undercurrent, which if more common would throw international affairs into a worse turmoil than if spying didn't exit at all. The keen moral disapprobation we feel for the individual spy is a key rule of the game. And, aside from that, Ames' leaks led to the executions of at least eight...
Cruise may not have definite plans for the type of movie he would like to act in, but he does have a vision. He has considered dabbling in theater but is especially keen on directing and producing. He has recently started his own production company, which he wants to become "a haven for young, aspiring screenwriters." He explained that he is very eager about the new venture to develop and produce scripts in order to give something back to the industry that has made him a star. Cruise is also strongly committed to helping the upcoming generation of filmmakers. Finally...