Word: résumé
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...triumph in the December 2002 presidential plebiscite was itself testimony to the weakness of South Korea's democracy. His main selling point was not his allergy to the U.S. (genuine as that may be), but rather his outsider's r?sum?: his manifest lack of experience in Seoul's payola-driven politics, a system that the great majority of voters already viewed with distrust and disdain. Once in office, Roh's amateurish and inconstant performance, as well as his own cynical attempts to game the system, did little to allay popular misgivings about the health of the democracy. Recall that, after...
...circulated a list of missing women to Shenzhen's labor markets. After months without progress, they caught a break when, according to a manager at one market, an unregistered broker, Ma Yong, was found to have bribed his way into running a booth. In his briefcase they found a r?sum? for one of the missing girls and notified police. Local reporters say a search of Ma's home revealed victims' shoes and bloodstains, and that Ma confessed...
...like Kedia. Two years ago, Kedia was just a run-of-the-mill college grad with little idea of what to do next. He tagged along with a friend visiting a call center. The recruiter there asked if he would interview for a job, and he scribbled out a r?sum? on the spot. His first task was troubleshooting for U.S. computer-maker customers over the phone, working all night in New Delhi to help Americans with their PCs during the day. Since then, Kedia moved to a similar company and has been promoted twice to manager. His salary has quadrupled...
...hear." Someday, the rinpoche hopes, he'll make a movie based on the life of Siddhartha, as seen through the eyes of an imprisoned Tibetan monk, but until he can achieve the recognition?and amass the funds?necessary for such an ambitious project, he'll continue to build his r?sum? with smaller, independent movies like this...
...financially and logistically?to assemble the region's finest martial artists. Yuen Wo-ping?a master known to international audiences for his wire work on recent martial arts blockbusters Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and The Matrix, was hired to choreograph the fight scenes, reviving material that appeared on his r?sum? 20 years ago. Venerable Japanese screen idol Sonny Chiba is both cast member and combat coach...