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Power is the author of Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World
...least. Back in 2001, when Claudio Del Vecchio, the son of an Italian eyeglasses magnate, was thinking about buying Brooks Brothers from the British retailer Marks & Spencer, the sales pitch included a familiar refrain: a new owner could close the Queens, N.Y., tie factory, move manufacturing overseas and save a ton of money. DelVecchio did buy the company, but he didn't close the factory. Instead, he plowed millions of dollars into improving it. Now every single Brooks tie, whether sold in Detroit, Milan or Dubai, starts there. "Of course we could go to China and make a tie much...
Wesley Autrey A savior, known as the subway hero, who jumped in front of a train to save a man who had fallen onto the tracks...
...dictator and as a result he kicks her out of the society. Cassandra gets involved with a group of natives and begins falling in love with one of them. Meanwhile, the castaways’ society is falling apart so they decide to form a rescue mission to go save her. It all sort of converges in the last scene, and hilarity ensues.RR: The plot sounds a little like “Lord of the Flies.”MS: Whenever we tell people about the plot, we get comparisons to “Lord of the Flies...
...whole bit seems stale by the second time we’ve heard it. It’s the same problem McCarthy has when depicting Vale’s earlier depression in multiple scenes; he presents ideas so repetitiously that they become tiresome.Two factors save the movie from drowning in social commentary: the acting and the rare moments that subtly speak to the larger picture. Sleiman and Jenkins deliver the strongest performances. As Tarek, Sleiman’s emotional range and huge smile create the movie’s most touching moments, while Vale—brought to life...