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“Life in Vilnius is a giant poker game, played by madmen.” “Vilnius Poker,” a novel by late Lithuanian author Ricardas Gavelis, and recently translated into English by Elizabeth Novickas, sets up a metaphorical card game to puzzle even...
It was actually President Obama who had led the world to believe Geithner would have more to say, declaring at his press conference last night that the Treasury Secretary would "be announcing some very clear and specific plans." And viewed through a longer-term lens, Geithner's don't-promise...
Gary Morgan, CEO of Splash, a photo and video agency that specializes in paparazzi shots, says he's already sent more photographers to Washington. "There's going to be a lot of interest, all around the world, in the Obama family," he says. In December, Splash distributed photos of the...
Given the market for such pictures, could the paparazzi become a problem for the First Family? Alan Nierob, a publicist whose flashbulb-bait clients include Mel Gibson and Russell Crowe, says he can't imagine one. "There aren't going to be any long-lens shots into the White House...
Part of the reason is that in fraud cases, the presumption of the law is in favor of release. When it comes to violent crimes, it is in favor of detention. But there is also just the lens through which society views wealthy people, and the reality that wealthy people...