Word: role
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...Sometimes an actor is naturally just strange enough, whether in looks or something deeper within, to carry off a role that would look like mannered showboating by anyone else. Johnny Depp and Robert Downey Jr. have that talent, and so does Crispin Glover, although he doesn't seem capable of swinging into normalcy. It's too early to tell what Redmayne's (The Good Shepherd, The Other Boleyn Girl) full range is, but he's definitely got the gift of riveting strangeness. You start out thinking his Gordy is the village idiot; then, as this ghostly pale, freckled redhead goes...
...details of the government's role in keeping the lights on at what was once the nation's largest bank will again be on display on Thursday. For the first time, Citi's CEO will testify before the Congressional Oversight Panel (COP), set up by Congress to monitor the government's bailout of the financial system. Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard professor and longtime critic of the banking industry, heads the COP. Also testifying before the panel will be Herb Allison, who runs the Treasury Department's Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), the main vehicle the government has used to assist...
...become extremely clear to me since taking this role that there is a better way to structure this organization," said Reuss. "For the last three months our results have been on par with the industry. But I would have to say we have to accelerate our success in North America." Reuss also acknowledged that some of the pressure to get things done faster comes from the board of directors, led by former AT&T chief Ed Whitacre, who is settling into his role as GM's chief executive, and Wall Street veteran Steven Girsky, the UAW's choice...
Although the liberty of cinematic license may have shifted the development of Myozyme to Seattle, Genzyme’s real-life location in Cambridge is a crucial resource to the company and indicative of the city’s central role in the biotechnology industry...
Currently, the IMF is largely sitting on the sidelines in an advisory role to Athens as France and Germany seek a European solution to what they think of as a European problem. But, as the pitfalls of a Greek collapse would extend far beyond EU borders, European leaders should be more open to the idea of an IMF-directed bailout than they currently...