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...year-old director's work has uprooted him from his native Stockholm and planted him firmly in filmmaking's élite. My Life as a Dog (1985) first introduced Hollywood to Hallström, but it was The Cider House Rules in 1999, followed by Chocolat in 2000, that cemented his reputation as a master of literary adaptation. Now he's back with another star-studded film, The Shipping News , perhaps his most challenging book-to-big-screen project...
...intrusiveness of the French state in daily life and business. Blanc also argues that electing more ordinary citizens to office and a greater decen- tralization of power to regional and local authorities would provide fresh, innovative thinking for a country currently dominated by a "close-minded political élite" and a "cult of the all-powerful state." His immediate goal is to make his radical reform program an issue of wider public debate, but he acknowledges initial success with that would oblige him to run for the presidency. "Only a President elected on a platform of fundamental reform would have...
...France's new approach to training and development began in the mid-1970s, when the French Football Federation (FFF), established the Institut National du Football, or INF, which assembled the nation's top recruits aged 16 and over for specialized training from élite coaches. The FFF also required all the country's professional clubs to establish and finance development centers where older prospects could combine studies with high-level footballing instruction and practice. Clubs in England, Italy, and Germany also train apprentice players, but they must find their future stars on their own. In effect, the INF provided French...
...Hammered Staining the starched white collar of Sotheby's, the venerable auction house, chairman A. Alfred Taubman was convicted last month of conspiring to fix prices and thereby ripping off the world's most élite clientele. The 76-year-old shopping center magnate now faces three years in jail, millions of dollars in fines and the eternal question: Does one ever have enough money? Taubman remains the controlling shareholder of Sotheby's, which is now for sale. This time he might have to let the market set the price...
...Wait, I didn’t know Miller Lite used only the choicest hops! Holy shit, it’s also pilsner brewed...