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...those rare opportunities whereIra and I had a chance to sit down and goline-by-line,” he said. “It’s just been instilledin me to do my homework...I don’tcare if it’s a studio or low-budget, timebecomes money. I don’t want to waste 20minutes talking about, ‘Well, I have thisproblem with this scene here so let’s talkabout it.’”These discussions were especially importantfor the film’s moments...
...from?AM: Yeah, that’s where I’m from.Also, this is my fi rst acting experience, soit’s pretty interesting.RR: Are you a pretty angry juror?Where you do rank from 1 to 12?AM: I’m very, very low. I’m rather serious, but rarely angry. Once I get enragedbecause someone breaks one of my ethical principles, which is that you have to fulfi llyour commitment to democracy, but that’s really one of the only moments whereI’m angry.RR: What?...
...reports on prison shortcomings carry a blanket assertion of "attorney-client privilege," thus forbidding their release without his written consent. From then on, Jones says, the audits delivered to agencies were filled with increasingly vague performance measures. "If the wrong party found out that a facility's operations scored low in an audit, then CCA could be subject to litigation, fines or worse," explains Jones. "When Mr. Puryear felt there was highly sensitive or potentially damaging information to CCA, I would then be directed to remove that information from an audit report." Puryear would not comment on the allegations. Jones...
According to Jones, Puryear was most concerned about what CCA described as "zero tolerance" events, or ZT's - including unnatural deaths, major disturbances, escapes and sexual assaults. According to Jones, bonuses and job security at the company were tied to reporting low ZT numbers. Low numbers also pleased CCA's government clients, as well as the company's board, which received a regular tally, and Wall Street analysts concerned about potentially costly lawsuits that CCA might face...
...even then, politics did not have the low standing it has today. Italians perceive it as the pursuit of private affairs in the public sphere. It has lost its primary purpose: to set goals, solve problems and lead the country forward. Nobody expects that Italian politics can be renewed in the arc of a single election campaign. But we have to acknowledge a plain fact: that a political system so prone to manipulation and myopia is incompatible with an advanced democracy. Is it an advanced democracy if scores of local city councils have been dissolved in recent years because they...