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Virgin's airlines operate more like a loose regional federation, connected by the Virgin brand (an extension of Branson's lighthearted persona in a red-and-purple color scheme) but otherwise owned and operated independently. Each has its own business model--different services for different customers in a different set of cities--but they can work together as needed. Virgin Atlantic, V Australia and Virgin America, for example, plan to share a first-class lounge at LAX and thus reduce overhead. Virgin America, V Australia and Virgin Blue can decide on a whim to allow some of their flight attendants...
...daughters of these women, she added, “feel that in a post-feminist era,” they “don’t have to vote along gender lines.” The media has played a significant role in shaping the public persona of both Democratic nominees, according to Goodman. “While Hillary has been positioned as the tough guy, Obama has become the Oprah candidate,” she said. “It’s easy to talk in a woman’s voice...
...Obama showed what all the campaign's stage-managing has failed to - marveling, "Wow, she really housed that sucker." The offhand outburst of slang made him seem like anything but an intellectual, or a presidential candidate. Whether he can capably channel more of that guy-next-door-persona tonight could well determine his fate in Pennsylvania, and possibly in the fall...
...Sarkozy's triumphant state visit to London last month, where his sober demeanor impressed a French public that has wearied of his taste for flash. The "re-presidentialization" of his image seemed to be winning back many of the conservative voters turned off by Sarkozy's earlier "bling-bling" persona; Elysée officials felt they turned the corner after the right's drubbing during nation-wide municipal elections last month...
...that he originally conceived the story as a novel about university life, which I suppose somewhat limits its appeal to a mass audience. That said, its pretty conventional characters are often pretty funny. Or maybe I should say, surprisingly interesting. Ellen Page (recently of Juno ) brings her wise-child persona to a somewhat more mature character with ironic expertise. The same can be said of Church, who knows how to do slackers, without seeming to be one as an actor. Paradoxically, he's an energetic slob. Parker probably has the toughest assignment here, as a smart woman making a dumb...