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...smart big ones) could find a wide audience if promoted properly. After leaving longtime corporate parent The Walt Disney Co. last year, the provocative pair have struck out on their own once more with a new boutique media concern simply called The Weinstein Company. TIME?s Jeffrey Ressner spoke to the brothers about their year-old enterprise...
...troops who work with Iraqi security forces sometimes investigate and even arrest Iraqi police. The Pentagon points out that Iraq's Interior Ministry has fired or suspended roughly 3,000 officers for offenses ranging from corruption to "breaking the law." But a senior official at the ministry who spoke to TIME on the condition of anonymity says the dismissals were little more than a charade. Police officers who quit for their own reasons accounted for about 500 of the supposed dismissals, he says. Most of the others the ministry let go were employees with medical problems or nearing retirement. Virtually...
...Among those rooting for Chen was Gao Zhisheng, a feisty lawyer who has represented underground Christians and members of the banned Falun Gong sect. Gao wore a "Free Chen Guangcheng" T shirt and spoke openly of his contempt for what he called "the gangster Communist Party" (even though he's a member). This fall, he was arrested on charges of inciting subversion. Arrests like these have sparked debate among lawyers about tactics. Teng Biao, a lecturer at the China University of Political Science and Law, says Gao's willingness to push the envelope has widened the space "for other more...
...Leadership Network (WLN) on Saturday. The founder and executive director of the non-profit Strong Women, Strong Girls, Inc. (SWSG), Hyde delivered the keynote address at the event, which was aimed at helping women break through a “glass ceiling” limiting their leadership opportunities. Hyde spoke about her winding staircase to business success—she first formed SWSG, an organization that aims to build self-esteem in young girls, as a high-schooler in Miami and brought the program with her to Harvard. During her senior year, Hyde decided to turn the program into...
...piece ran in the New York Post entitled “How Republicans Win.” The author of this piece argued that the future of the Republican Party hinged upon its big-tent philosophy and its ability to retain independent voters. He spoke of the “core Republican principles of tax reduction, smaller government and individual freedom” and told Post readers that for Republicans, “common-sense conservatism is the answer.” The author of this piece was New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani...