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2:00 E-mail to Stones mgr. requesting VIP concert tickets comes back. "Not valid address"--what gives? Call Mick Jagger's office; he's in a meeting. Ronnie Wood, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts all at a funeral in New Zealand. Shucks!
But when the New Economy, and telecom demand, turned south in 2000, Ebbers' company was caught heavily in debt for a grab bag of telecom companies, many of which were operating pretty much separately and without the efficiencies he had promised. One reason: for all his aw-shucks manner, Ebbers...
Could it be because baseball movies are generally preposterous, melodramatic, rife with the sort of cheap film-school tricks that momentarily make us worry our star might not make this pitch? Shucks, the absurdity is part of the fun. I’m no melting puddle, and I�...
When he has gone public, Franks has been exactly what this war effort has required: Insistently realistic, never gloating, understated about victory and reassuringly honest about its inevitable costs. Throw in a touch of folksiness, some of the aw-shucks collar-tugging of an old artillery man blinking in the...
"We're happy that justice was done," said Pelletier - who had the crowd in stitches with some aw-shucks-Canuck one-liners - at the afternoon press conference. "We hope the inquiries won't stop here, but keep going."