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...some level, a measure of acceptance. We need to face our darkest possibilities. And yet, looking at Jericho's ratings, I have to wonder: Do I want America to be this comfortable with the apocalypse? In Jericho's yet-unseen outside world, millions of people in cities like mine could be incinerated, starving or in anarchy. But in at least one small town, life goes on, to a pop sound track, without us--without, in fact, much time or verbiage spent mourning us. Sitting in sight of the Manhattan skyline, I would say that's the scariest story...
...tried to kill him, and the Soviet army sergeant who pushed him out of a plane even though he had heart palpitations. After the lecture was over, we all sat in the lobby and waited to go in for our brief, closed-door one-on-one. During mine, he told me never to take methadone, I guess because I am so skinny? “Never take methadone,” were his exact words. I won’t reveal anymore of what the Mad Russian told me—I don’t want to spoil...
...Wynn has much more in the works as well. He's secured a 54-acre site next to Adelson in Cotai to build four hotels--three of them full casino resorts. "I think it is more important to focus on people's work than it is their talk, including mine--but especially his," says Wynn. "And when the smoke clears and all the flap-jaw, and all of the rhetoric and dust settles we'll see what we'll see." More than likely, we'll see Wynn and Adelson making another killing...
Zillow's buyers and sellers, on the cusp of a major transaction, would be a gold mine for Yahoo! or Google, either of which could capitalize on the lucrative real estate ad space. Founder and CEO Rich Barton, who made a fortune creating Expedia, concedes that Zillow has had lots of conversations with the big Web players but says he's not selling...
...matter of political expediency, to give Bush the authority to use military force in Iraq. Then Obama returned to the energy issue. "When I call for increased fuel-economy standards, that doesn't sit very well with the [United Auto Workers], and they're big buddies of mine ... Look, it's just not my style to go out of my way to offend people or be controversial just for the sake of being controversial. That's offensive and counterproductive. It makes people feel defensive and more resistant to changes...