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...Furtado said. “Maineiriwas able to really show the dual aspectsof her character, both her manipulativeand human sides.”The last time Roza says she is pregnant,it’s actually true. Furtado’s inspirationfor the story was a scandal that happenedin Brazil a few years ago, in whichit was revealed that a drug company soldbirth control pills made out of flour.His films are firmly grounded in hissense of place. Much of “Houve ” is set inMarch, when Chico and Juca spend timeon Porto Alegre?...
...Spitzer’s colleagues and constituents no longer trust him, and with good reason—his two-facedness insults their intelligence. Without their support, Spitzer would have had little hope of passing legislation. Just as stagnancy stalled the federal government after Bill Clinton’s sex scandal in the late nineties, so too would New York’s government have been rife with contention should he have remained governor The public outcry over Spitzer’s transgression rightly stems from the fact that not only were his actions illegal, but they were also treacherous...
...Power Couples.” Pictures taken during his public appearance on Monday, in contrast, revealed a tense Spitzer shadowed by a visibly distraught Wall. Spitzer and Wall met at the Law School. They both graduated in 1984 and got married three years later. Dershowitz called the scandal a “uniquely American story.” But the BBC lists the Spitzer scandal as the top news story on its Web site. “Big deal. Married man goes to prostitute. In Europe, this wouldn’t even make the back pages of the newspaper...
...Eliot Spitzer's peers will miss his style now that he has been felled by scandal. Disdain for the governor's bellicosity was the one thing that united both parties in New York's fractious state government. His successor is Lt. Governor David Paterson - Spitzer's diametric opposite. With his mellow voice, humor and self-deprecation, Paterson has become a popular speaker in New York's political circles. "He has a winning personality," says State Senator Bill Perkins, a Democrat whose 30th District seat Paterson used to occupy. "He's very funny, very witty, and he makes an effort...
...scandal has been exacerbated by parliamentary leaders' clumsy attempts to cover up the report. Even within the Parliament, only a handful of MEPs on the budgetary control committee were able to see the report - and they were obliged to read it in a guarded room, on condition that they took no notes and signed a pledge saying they would keep its contents secret. Although the Parliament's vice presidents agreed on Monday to review the system of hiring office assistants, they spent two weeks insisting the report was either non-existent or confidential...