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...restricted to "I enjoyed it" or "That was the most humiliating thing I've ever done." Her arguments with long-suffering husband Gerry are crudely drawn, seeming artificial and superficial. Worst of all is the cliché of the Jewish businessman Manny - a grotesque caricature of a vicious money-maker with a predilection for extramarital anal sex. Political correctness speaking? Not when Manny and his wife are so obviously "played Jewish" by Michael Lerner and Debora Weston. Much has been made in the British media of Madonna's onstage lesbian kiss with Megan Dodds' Mindy and her handling...
...shaking and baking as he moves to expand Barilla, his family's tightly held 125-year-old company. Last month the father of five and former philosophy student negotiated a takeover of the German baker Kamps. Barilla, based in Parma, Italy, is the world's largest pasta maker, selling more than 30 varieties in 100 countries, including the U.S. The acquisition of Kamps gives Barilla broader distribution channels throughout Europe...
...approved by the Food and Drug Administration, fans of cosmetic quick fixes are buzzing about the next miracle injectable. It's Restylane, a synthetic hyaluronic acid that, like collagen, can fill in facial lines and plump up lips. It's already a hit in Europe and Canada, though its maker has yet to seek approval in the U.S. But last week it completed its U.S. clinical study, and the results were impressive. Restylane outperformed a collagen-based substance by a 6-to-1 ratio. Unlike collagen, which lasts only about three months for some patients, Restylane can last six months...
...weeks before the Gulf War, the CIA presented George Bush Sr. with a psychological profile of Saddam that hasn't altered in its essentials since. Analysts concluded that Saddam was a stable personality and a rational, calculating decision maker. They had no evidence he suffered from mental illness. He was not exactly reckless but was comfortable wielding absolute power, using naked force and taking risks. He was wary and opportunistic and relied only on himself to make decisions. And his sense of mission could taint his judgment...
...typical female Harvard student, if there is one, is a fascinating character: usually an exceptional note-taker and a religious to-do list maker, she also arrives at her 10 a.m. lectures on time, attends office hours and leaves herself enough time to outline her essays, in detail, before she begins writing them—and to have an extra day to revise them before the ultimate deadline. Most guys, it seems, drawing upon some incredible reserve of confidence, find such efforts superfluous because their gut assures them it all will come together in the end, anyway. Insanely dedicated...