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Note that, of the directors of these nine flops, four were either Academy Award winners (Robert Zemeckis, Ron Howard) or Oscar nominees (Michael Mann, Spike Jonze), whereas Cameron is the only Oscar winner among directors of the top 10 grossers. The lessons: prestige directors get to spend more money, and, in dollar terms, their "personal vision" can look astigmatic to the mass audience. (And great to critics, who put the Mann and Jonze films on their 10-best lists, and would rightly fret if big-budget assignments went only to hacks.) Consider, too, that none of the first seven...
...Priceline.com Negotiator might not be lookin' so fresh n' fierce after this one-two punch. A website created by Robert W. Corty '10 and Zachary V. Smith '09 packs a double whammy in merging traditional means of organization with new, powerful social networking tools in an attempt to revolutionize the way we travel...
...unclear how the bomber gained access to the base, but reports say the CIA has used it to recruit Afghans. "It is important to remember that the mission of the CIA in Afghanistan is to work closely with Afghans," says Robert Grenier, a former CIA stationchief in Pakistan. "That mission necessarily carries a high degree of risk, especially given the prevalence of suicide bombers...
...difficult to take Joe Klein seriously when he sprinkles in observations about Hillary Clinton's appearing "freckly without her makeup" and wearing an "electric-blue shift" rather than a jacket and pants. Why don't we read more TIME stories about Defense Secretary Robert Gates' facial appearance and choice of pants...
...goodwill games that probably did more for America's public image on the island than any single political effort over the past 50 years. And in Nicaragua, where political relations with the U.S. have frayed ever since former revolutionary Daniel Ortega returned to power in 2007, U.S. ambassador Robert Callahan has discovered he can do some of his best work wearing a baseball mitt. (See TIME's top 10 sporting moments...