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...Fear and The Age of Innocence (both from novels that had been filmed before). In 2004 the director said he hadn't seen Infernal Affairs and wasn't planning to, but that almost doesn't matter. The Hong Kong movie's headlong confidence in using all resources of cinema (smart-jerky rhythms, a breathless narrative propulsion, the italicizing of a moment by a few frames of close-up slo-mo) to relate a tale of male bonding and betrayal - all this is so close to the style and substance of Scorsese movies, he could practically play IA on the insides...
Profit, of course, is what this is ultimately all about. Savvy insurance companies have realized not only that they need smart catastrophe modeling to minimize risk and help price their underwriting effectively but also that they must understand the middle- and long-term liabilities of their investments. With the growth of carbon-trading markets in Europe and the U.S.--and industry's begrudging acknowledgment that its carbon footprint is likely to be taxed in the future--polluting sectors and companies begin to look like less attractive investments...
...upside, he shouldn't have too much trouble paying his bills. Sheen, yes THAT Charlie Sheen, is about to become the best-paid actor in a comedy on TV. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Sheen will earn about $350,000 an episode for his role as a smart-mouthed single on CBS's Two and a Half Men. Looks as if being a bachelor will pay off for him on all fronts...
...into Harvard, you should be smart enough to realize that Gandhi was wrong: you shouldn’t “be the change you want to see in the world,” you should collect it until you have enough to pay for an LSAT tutor. Remember, you can’t put “fulfillment” on a resumé, and all the fun in the world won’t get you a first-round interview. You’re a Harvard student now; the world is your oyster. Sell...
...academic in the field. “Last spring, it was the subject of conversation, and we definitely want him back,” Professor of Anthropology and of Af-Am J. Lorand Matory ’82 said of West. “He’s so smart, so popular, he’s the kind of person anyone would want to have at his university.”But Af-Am Chair Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham said that West’s return was speculation. “We certainly love West, and we’d certainly...