Word: specs
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...children, many orphaned survivors of Taliban ethnic cleansing, come forward one by one to get their armloads of treasure. Most smile shyly; some snatch their supplies and run away, as if they are afraid they won't get to keep them. A regular Army soldier from upstate New York, Spec. Alison Kastner, tears up: "I'd just like to hold every one of them," she says. "So would I," Col. Walker replies gruffly...
...like many of what the industry calls “spec scripts”—television screenplays that are submitted to studios and sometimes purchased but rarely aired—Stone’s never met the airwaves...
...industry that, thankfully, doesn't know when to quit; odd, since housing often leads the downhill charge into recession. Construction giants such as Centex and KB Home continue to expand, thanks to consolidation, low mortgage rates and productivity gains. An order backlog means no housing glut this round: spec building has been a no-no since the S&L blowout, and many towns, already sprawling, are now persnickety about development...
...Leif's father 5. Armistice mo. 8. Competitor of SAS 11. Too hasty 12. "__ plaisir" 14. Shoe-store spec 15. Ford, Lincoln or Pierce 16. Oscar nominee Collette 17. Torre or Cox: abbr. 18. G.I. address 20. St.-__, France 22. Shark kin 25. It's worth about a dollar 26. Tamil __ (Sri Lankan rebel) 27. Superstar who's reuniting with his dad 31. 1996 Olympic torch lighter 32. Subject of a 1773 protest 33. U.N. working-conditions agency 34. Congressman who introduced a bill to ease sanctions on Iraq 37. Bob __ IV, author of a World article panning McCain...
...just say, 'Whoa, I can make my movie.'" On Manny, she says she took the $500,000 budget "way too much to heart. I cut scenes while we were shooting because I was nervous about the money." The 1996 critical hit got her lots of meetings and spec scripts, but this director really wanted to write. So she did: Committed is a $3 million road romance with Heather Graham and Casey Affleck. Krueger's advice to novices: "Let another person worry about the money. You worry about the movie...