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These same factors affect how quickly a hostage will readjust to freedom. , Reentering the world can be as rude a shock as leaving it. In a flash, hostages go from solitude to spotlight, from having no choices to having too many, from being deprived of all stimulation to being bombarded. Said Tracy on once again seeing a tree and hearing a plane: "I am amazed and baffled by it." Prisoners often need time alone after their release, because they are not used to being the center of attention and they want to sort out their feelings. Sometimes they have...
...between the co-founder of this magazine and the ^ woman who became his second wife took place at a 1934 dinner given by mutual friends. Clare Boothe Brokaw sat at Henry R. Luce's right, but they scarcely talked, and he left early; she thought him fascinating but incredibly rude. Two months later, at a Waldorf-Astoria party honoring Cole Porter, it was a different story. Oblivious to other guests, including his then spouse Lila, Luce sat with Brokaw at a corner table and conversed intently until 4 a.m. In the hotel lobby, he blurted out, "How does it feel...
...employee before taking over CBS in 1986, is portrayed as a Wall Street trader with no strategic vision and few management skills. Tom Murphy, who engineered Capital Cities Communications' 1985 acquisition of ABC, is the hero of this tale by default. Though Cap Cities' no-frills style caused a rude culture shock at ABC, eventually Murphy proved to be the most humane and broadcast- ) savvy of the new network owners...
TRUTH OR DARE. Madonna, stern mistress of her own evolving image, invites the camera along on her Blond Ambition concert tour. This rude documentary, long but lots of fun, features star cameos by Warren Beatty, Kevin Costner and Sandra Bernhard...
...Sununu's high- handed style greatly offended the old bulls of Congress. The last straw for Senator Robert Byrd, the powerful West Virginia Democrat, came when Sununu plopped his feet onto the conference table and read newspapers while the others negotiated. "Your conduct is arrogant," Byrd thundered. "It is rude." And he vowed that Sununu would live to regret...