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...Morgan's script has events push Frost against the ropes, the better to show how he rallied to win the fight. In a career slump after losing his Australian TV gig, he secures a contract for the Nixon interviews but must pay $200,000 out of his own pocket. The three big U.S. networks refuse to buy into his scheme, and he borrows money from friends. (He eventually creates a de facto network of independent stations to air the interviews.) Of the two reporters he hires to research Nixon, one, Bob Zelnick (large, puddingy Oliver Platt) is cynical of Frost...
...government, though, would only be able to pocket that profit if everyone paid back their mortgage in full, which even in good times is not the case. Historically, about 1% of all mortgages end up in foreclosure. That would mean during normal times this program would end up costing the government 0.2% of all the loans it originates. (Read It's the Housing Market, Stupid...
...ever have to review two very similar tech products--any kind of gadgets, even supercomputers--I highly recommend dragooning a pair of 11-year-olds. That's what I did on a recent Saturday when a couple of inexpensive, pocket-size HD camcorders arrived at the Quittner household...
...judges—his potential investors. “We can hang out like a warm shower and get up in the morning and know this wasn’t just a professional relationship,” he said, donning a bathrobe and pulling a cigar from his pocket. A few minutes later, the judges named Coleman the champion, joking that his gifts of cigars and whiskey hadn’t hurt his chances. Coleman and other contestants said they enjoyed the experience, despite its absurdity. “I’m overjoyed, though I have mixed feelings about...
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