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...just the sneering villain (Mads Mikkelsen as Le Chiffre, banker to the terrorist élite) and the tempting females, one blond (Ivana Milicevic) and one brunet (the criminally alluring Eva Green). It means that the focus of the plot must be ... a card game! We grant that high-stakes poker has its tension, especially if it's your hand and your multimillion-dollar stake. But dramatically there's something lacking in a movie climax that needs the hero to be holding higher cards than the villain. Luck is not fate...
...Iraq, Dad's former aides will present the son with a plan for saving his presidency and, with it, some remnant of the family's brand name. None of those involved will call it an intervention, but it's fair to say the nation's future is at stake. Although Gates and Baker will be out front, others who worked for the patriarch are helping behind the scenes. Dynasties don't get to be dynasties by neglecting the line...
...prepaid, GSM service widespread outside the States. Even in that niche market, start-ups Virgin Mobile, TracFone and others will give Digicel a run for its money--a lot of money at that. Currently, O'Brien owns more than 80% of Digicel, its 2,000 employees hold an 8% stake, and the private-equity firm Blackstone Group has about 3%. But O'Brien hasn't ruled out an ipo to fund his American adventure, one that's expected to be worth an additional $2.5 billion. "I've launched a Tet offensive on every possible objection," O'Brien says, "because there...
...several weeks as the Administrative Board mulls its decision. These very stressful proceedings for accused students, who often are ultimately cleared of charges, can be ameliorated as TurnItIn.com helps automate the process of comparing texts. To be sure, Harvard should not rush into anything with so much at stake. The academic reputation of every student at this College stands to be potentially determined, at the first level at least, by a computer. The administration has a duty both to ensure that the program works well for more sophisticated college level work and to employ its use with a fair degree...
...With so much at stake, early indications were that turnout will be heavier than the 40% or so that typically occurs in off-year elections. Officials at polling places across the country were reporting lines of voters, as more than 80 million Americans were expected to cast their ballots today. "Its heavy, very heavy," said Rita Yarman, the elections director in Knox County, Ohio. "It's that way all across the county." However, nearly one-third of voters nationwide are using new polling equipment, and glitches were being reported across the country, particularly in Indiana, Ohio and Illinois...