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25TH HOUR. Spike Lee’s latest film isn’t much of a narrative departure from his previous efforts. Money and shattered dreams rule this story of drug dealer Monty Brogan’s (Edward Norton) last day of freedom before his seven-year jail sentence begins. The final act packs a phenomonal punch, but its dealer-with-a-heart-of-gold premise is predictable and derivative, typical of Lee’s long-time filmic obsession with the soft side of seemingly reprehensible humanity. 25th Hour screens...
Long before IBM had established much credibility as an objective adviser, Rometty had created a lucrative consulting division for the insurance sector. More recently, she helped land a $4 billion, seven-year deal with American Express, which will rely on IBM to provide IT on a pay-as-you-go "utility" basis. She has also been busy trying to help close another $5 billion outsourcing deal with J.P. Morgan Chase. "She has a great ability to gain the confidence of executives, including CEOs," says her boss, Doug Elix, head of Global Services. Rometty is already winning admirers...
McCann replaces former assistant coach Ron Rolston, who departed last May for an assistant coaching position at Boston College. McCann hopes to translate his experience as a defenseman at Harvard and as a seven-year professional to this year’s Crimson team...
Four of the ECAC’s top five teams this season could very easily come from the Ivy League, a stark contrast from the seven-year span from 1995-2001 when just one Ivy team, the 1998 Yale squad, won the regular season title...
...nervy charge to level at Johnson, who actually supports the use of force against Iraq and whose son Brooks is the only congressional son to serve in Afghanistan. Not one to waste a good sound bite, Minnesota Republican Norm Coleman attacks incumbent Paul Wellstone for proposals like a seven-year freeze in defense spending. "It's not about Paul's patriotism," Coleman says. "It's his judgment that's wrong." If Republicans are implicitly arguing that our national security would best be served by a Republican Senate, Democrats counter that our financial security depends on the opposite. A nasty...