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...work force and a further fall in consumer spending -- the vicious cycle that drives a recession. In surveys, confidence still looks solid, but beneath is an enduring anxiety about wage stagnation and job security. With any additional sign of a serious downturn, consumer confidence could collapse like a nervous smile...
...compels politicians to become first of all television stars. I never fail to be astonished at how much I am at the mercy of television directors and editors, at how my public image depends far more on them than it does on myself, at how important it is to smile appropriately on television or choose the right tie, at how television forces me to express my thoughts as sparely as possible, in witticisms, slogans or sound bites, at how easily my television image can be made to seem different from the real me. I am astonished by this...
Everyone jumped when one round tore in, smashed into some communications gear and bounced harmlessly off the back of Castro's flak jacket. The Marine behind him handed the sergeant major a 7.62-mm slug. Castro handed it back with a smile. It was, he said, "no big deal...
...French film in the coming years, one of those people will be Bouchez. Emotions play volcanically on her dark features; she illuminates Maite's moods with the flick of a pout or smile. Wild Reeds is a courtly ballad to intelligent passion, and Bouchez is its princess...
...more somber, her smile replaced with a look of utmost seriousness as she told me that Harvard, while prestigious, had its own share of problems--especially where women were concerned. More than some of the other Ivies, she said, she had heard that there was still an Old Boys' Network and still a fair amount of entrenched sexism, at least at the faculty and administrative level. And although she'd had students there who had loved it, she'd also known students--particularly women--who'd had more than their fair share of criticisms...