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...Supply System of Russia (UGSS) that supplied the old Soviet empire. "One of the mistakes that our so-called reformers made was having the UGSS sadistically dismembered," he explains to TIME, sitting back, pin-striped and relaxed, in his techno-style office that dominates the ninth floor of the posh new Gazpromexport headquarters in downtown Moscow. His disdain of the architects of Russia's early market reform is de rigueur for top executives under President Vladimir Putin. Medvedev isn't finished. He says Gazprom wants to reintegrate into this system all national gas transport and distribution networks of the former...
...deft, daft, totally unbelievable yet somehow totally engaging comedy, in which a rich guy (Daniel Auteuil) tries to fool his wife into believing that his drop-dead, supermodel mistress (Elena Simonsen) is really in love with Fran&ecedil;ois (Gad Elmaleh) a not too smart parking boy at a posh restaurant. It's totally preposterous, but everyone is really rather reasonable, patient and lovable in an idiotic situation. Tales like this used to be known as boulevard comedies and, you have to say, Paris has the boulevards to sustain them. Especially when it's springtime and the city sparkles...
...just traveled halfway around the world, and that garment bag you've been lugging feels like a Buick on your back. You arrive at your posh hotel, and an overly costumed valet grabs the bag, carries it all of 50 yards to reception and bids you good day. You are expected to cough up a tip. And you might not see your belongings again for another half an hour while the bag makes its way to your room...
...good intentions, the College has sabotaged its own proposal. A lack of student involvement in the process of drafting the report has condemned its recommendations to failure. By taking a confrontational approach to the problem of drinking at underground fraternities and sororities and at Mt. Auburn’s posh speakeasies, the College stands to alienate the very people whose support it needs most—undergraduates...
...that Cary Grant. The star was always game for having his poise and good looks punctured by slapstick. In Bringing Up Baby he exits a posh party in a formal suit split down the back. And doesn't he look sweet wearing WAC drag in I Was a Male War Bride...