Word: smarts
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...thing about the people Apatow mentors is that they're all men. His films are about men growing up and men helping men grow up and men being just shy of gay as they tease one another about being gay as they help one another grow up. There are smart, successful women in the movies, but other than his wife, they never join the troupe. "We're all really uncomfortable around girls, for the most part," says Rogen. "I imagine that has something to do with it." This annoys a lot of critics, male and female, as well as some...
...seriously delinquent on their payments later catch up. A big deal has been made of the redefault rate - the high number of borrowers who wind up missing even modified payments - but the new finding about the large percentage of loans that "self-cure" indicates that servicers might actually be smart to delay rewriting many loans, since chances are they won't ultimately lead to foreclosure anyway. On top of that, servicers charge substantial penalty fees when loans are in delinquency or default - a source of revenue that goes away if a homeowner gets back on track...
...gain some real-world insight into these stats, I called the first smart short person I could think of, a friend named Milton Lee. Despite what these studies indicate, smart short people do exist. Milt, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, made a killing as a Wall Street trader in the 1990s, but quit finance to chase his dream of becoming a basketball coach. He has trained many NBA players, including this year's top draft pick, Oklahoma's Blake Griffin, and even landed an assistant coaching gig for the Los Angeles Clippers' summer-league team...
...directed me to one of the players he coaches, Coleman Collins, for the smart, tall guy's perspective. When I told him Lee questioned the findings, Collins, who is 6 ft. 9 in., wasn't surprised. "Short people are always ready to disagree," says Collins, who graduated from Virginia Tech when he was 19, after just three years, and played for the school's basketball team. He points out that he has many short friends. "Generally speaking, I've found that they are more likely to have a chip on their shoulder, more likely to have something to prove," Collins...
...rustic guesthouse remains at the heart of what has become a fully fledged eco-resort, with a village of smart, self-catering villas, added in 2007, hugging a mountainside nearby. Facilities include the aptly named Lost World Spa, a heated plunge pool, a games room, a lounge and a library, but O'Reilly's is above all a rambler's paradise, with stunning bird-watching and rainforest walks. When British broadcaster and naturalist David Attenborough sought ancient Antarctic beech trees and satin and regent bowerbirds to film for his acclaimed 1979 series Life on Earth, he went to the vast...