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...about to let you in on a secret I've not shared with anyone, not even my nearest and dearest. If I'm going to succumb to that occupational hazard of movie reviewing - the noddies - it's most likely to occur in the hottest and highest-action sequences. I know this is counterintuitive. After all, those are the parts of the movies that are the noisiest and the most visually splashy - all flash cuts and zip pans, encouraging a lot of rapid eye movement. You'd think only someone suffering an advanced case of narcolepsy would be immune to them...
...School Committee front, previously-defeated member Marc C. McGovern stormed back from his loss in 2005, topping the ballot and winning 260 more votes than his nearest competitor. Veteran member Richard D. Harding was defeated, while another veteran, Nancy Walser, retired and was replaced by her ally, Nancy Tauber...
They already knew what to do, even the 250 visitors taking a stockbroker training class. They had already been shown the nearest stairway. "Knowing where to go was the most important thing. Because your brain - at least mine - just shut down. When that happens, you need to know what to do next," says Bill McMahon, a Morgan Stanley executive. "One thing you don't ever want to do is to have to think in a disaster...
...situation to Mattie was easier than I expected. She was a little deaf, but still a sharp cookie. She got the picture. "So, when do you fix it?" she wanted to know. I told her to make an appointment with my secretary and gave her the name of the nearest hospital, where I'm on staff...
...loudspeaker patrolled villages near Rangoon, broadcasting a folk-style song composed in honor of the upcoming vote. Government officials standing on the back of the truck had another message as well: free transportation in trucks would be provided to villagers who didn't live within walking distance of the nearest polling station. Imagine if those trucks had been redeployed instead for the cyclone relief effort. Or if foreign NGOs were given permission to enter the country and coordinate aid work-something that is happening at a glacial pace. One of the few foreign shipments allowed in was quickly relabeled...