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...once it gets going, At Risk is never less than compelling. The book was vetted--as was Rimington's first--by MI5, but they didn't strip out all the inside dope, which arrives in fascinating little flashes as Liz identifies obscure Russian ammunition, jokes about the macho idiots in MI6 (Britain's CIA) and delicately recruits a young Muslim agent. Most striking, though, is that with the terrorist threat mounting and untold lives at stake, Liz seems to be enjoying herself. "Well," says Rimington, "she is loosely autobiographical...
Screenwriter James DeMonaco peoples the precinct with a Grand Hotel's worth of character clich??s: the grizzled patrolman (Brian Dennehy) who's ready to retire; the woman cop (Drea de Matteo) who can out-tough the macho men; the motormouth con (John Leguizamo) who sees ways of escape in the encroaching anarchy. This bunch could start a brawl in a bus line. But they need to become a community fast to fight an enemy whose siege tactics are as unfathomable as they are unstoppable...
Californians have come to expect such antics from their Republican Governor. At a typical event, he comes crashing onstage, delivers a macho statement of intent, metaphorically flexes his muscles, then roars away. Nothing could be more different from the distinctly undynamic Davis, who ended up a hostage of Sacramento's lawmakers and lobbyists and who certainly couldn't lift the Governor's conference table. In his first year in office, Schwarzenegger has proved to be a rousing political one-man show. In a quip that partly mocked his old Saturday Night Live caricature, he branded Democratic legislators who were blocking...
...investment companies. Since Botín joined Banesto two years ago, the bank has gained some 150,000 new customers, and in the first three quarters of 2004, profits rose 12%, to $532 million. At Santander, which just took over British bank Abbey National, Botín is giving Spain's macho banking world a run for its money. --By Samuel Loewenberg/ Madrid
Huth acknowledges the presence of a “macho culture” in which people constantly try to “one-up” each other by demonstrating their superior intelligence. “This is a turn off when you look to your peers for validation,” Huth says. “I find the atmosphere daunting as well...