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...decided to take a chance," Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) muses aloud, "and hire the smart, fat girl." Said smart, fat girl, otherwise known as Andrea Sachs (Anne Hathaway), is, naturally, present to hear this rumination on the hiring practices of the haughty editor of the haute fashion magazine Runway. She has just made some forgivable beginner's mistake in her new job as Miranda's second assistant - the one who brings in the coffee and picks up the dry cleaning - and she is, incidentally, not fat by any standards other than those that pertain in the skin-and-bones world...
Your series of articles on eating smart made a good case for healthful home-cooked foods. What it didn't address was the downside: someone has to actually cook those healthy foods. Cooking is tedious, repetitive and time-consuming. The last thing I want to do when I come home from a long day at work, tired and hungry, is wash, chop and prepare vegetables. And lest anyone blame my attitude on not being a stay-at-home mother, I don't like cooking on weekends either...
...country's Treasury, has distilled lessons from the Kiwis' experience. First, good economic policies are necessary but not sufficient. The country's market-based reforms over two decades have not brought a dividend in higher living standards. Although its leaders have talked a lot about getting into smart industries and adding value to commodities, the country's exports are still overwhelmingly land-based. Second, there's been a lack of strategic leadership. Not enough has been done to reposition the country to play to its competitive strengths by upgrading infrastructure, research and education. "Planning" remains a dirty word, says Skilling...
...interment of the martial arts film. Lee?s cunning management of crowds and his spectacular use of camera and setting lend to this live-action film the aesthetics of anime. At times the film stops in wonder at its own devices. Which is a shame, since Duelist is so smart and pretty, it doesn?t to tell us how much it admires itself. The movie?s preening is demeaning...
...Immigration Anxiety All Over In "Bush Is Smart on the Border?and His Party Isn't" [May 29], columnist Joe Klein stated that the Republicans most opposed to accommodating illegal immigrants are "white, Southern and Western, suburban and rural, working class." But Klein ought to be aware that right in New York City there is strong opposition to making it easier for illegals to become citizens. New Yorkers can spot a scam, and this one is huge. Gahan Haskins New York City...