Word: model
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...legendary Spike Jonze. Instead of his usual display of egotism, Kanye is barely onscreen at all. The video opens with a Mustang parking in the middle of the desert at dusk. As the red brake lights turn off, the song breaks into its titular refrain and Playboy model Rita G exits the car dressed in fur and large black sunglasses. She promptly strips down to her expensive lingerie, then lights her clothes on fire. With flames now at her back and Kanye belting his rap, Rita G glides back toward the car. With her four-inch heels, push...
...building. The U.N. chief in East Timor, Sergio Vieira de Mello, was asked to duplicate his work as special envoy for Iraq (he was later tragically killed in Baghdad), and East Timor's former President Xanana Gusmão (now Prime Minister) declared that his country could be a model for other young, developing countries. Yet the billions poured into East Timor, and the thousands of aid workers who descended on tiny Dili, failed to solve the fledgling nation's critical problems. And when the world finally left, those fissures exploded...
...Silver, an industry veteran and CEO of Colorado-based International Royalty Corp., calls Vale "the most effective giant mining company in the world," not just for its size but also for its skill at operating in difficult emerging markets. Along the way, Vale has built what could be a model for other formerly state-run enterprises hoping to make a mark on the world stage...
...rugby team, so they get all the really intense people on that team and all the really intense alumni,” Blair says. “We get the backwash of burned-out field hockey players who just want to play around, so that is not a sustainable model...
...transport aircraft, which flew regular sorties to resupply Indian troops. The effectiveness of the American planes left a lasting impression on many in south Asia's largest military, as Lockheed Martin's International Director for Business Development Edward Arner learned during recent negotiations to sell an updated model of the C-130 to India. Retired officers "still talk about those days and the plane with affection," says Arner...