Word: masterfulness
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...empire by regulators in 1935, has rarely seen such turmoil. For now, the brand remains strong. Stock and bond trading have been minting gold, and the firm has advised on seven of the 10 biggest takeovers in the world this year. But the increasingly bitter spat between Purcell, a master survivor, and eight former Morgan bankers led by another ex-president, Robert Scott, threatens all that...
...CHRISTOPH SCHONBORN, 60, Archbishop of Vienna. Wojtyla-esque charisma with a nice touch of noble blood. Master linguist and stalwart on doctrine...
...Today, Tuesday, we were summoned to a press conference at 12:30 p.m. with Archbishop Piero Marini, the papal master of ceremonies, and Joaquin Navarro-Valls, Pope John Paul II's longtime spokesman. Getting there, through the throngs of people on the streets of Vatican City was a major challenge. Watching on TV, you will have seen the hundreds of thousands jamming onto the Via Della Conciliazione, the wide boulevard leading up to St. Peter's Basilica. But what you don't see on TV is that the parallel side streets are also packed, wall to wall. The crowd here...
...good screenwriter can invent a story and imbue it with life such that—no matter how implausible the plot may be—it seems entirely real. Charlie Kaufman (“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”) is a master at this. Conversely, bad screenwriting can make a mundane and realistic story appear completely unbelievable. Sadly, “House of D”—David Duchovny’s (“The X-Files”) debut as both writer and director of a feature film—is an example...
Although Lithgow does not fit the politician/economist mold for Commencement speakers, he is hardly undistinguished. The actor is a member of the Harvard Board of Overseers, one of two main governing bodies of the University. Closer to home, each year John Lithgow returns to the College as the Master of Ceremonies for the annual Arts First weekend. As an actor, Lithgow has won a Tony, two Emmys, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Golden Globe and an American Comedy Award, not to mention myriad nominations, including one for an Oscar for his role in the 1983 movie...