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...aspiration but also the talent to move between these different gears," says William Horberg, president of production for Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, which financed the less than $15 million Lars. "He doesn't feel the need to do what's expected of him, or architect a career from the standpoint of maximizing his bankability...
...degenerate habit” of marijuana from a cultural stand, as conservatives frequently do. It is hard to argue that the puffs of pot that waft out of college dormitories are inculcating slothfulness or Marxism among developing generations. It is even harder to attack pot from a cultural standpoint when it is hardly the exclusive domain of young people; when presidential candidates can openly admit their use of the drug without consequence, it is clear enough that the mainstreaming of pot is complete. While the aesthetic horror of a lazy smoking hippie may still be an effective bogeyman...
...Most important, from the standpoint of the company's many critics, Prince will declare that "Blackwater believes that more can and should be done to increase accountability, oversight and transparency," and that he looks forward to working with both Congress and the Administration to achieve that. He also points out, again citing U.S. government data, that Blackwater has conducted 1,873 security details in 2007, with only 56 incidents during which weapons were discharged - less than...
...Osprey. As Defense Secretary under George H.W. Bush, Cheney tried four times to kill the Marine Corps's ungainly tilt-rotor aircraft. Four times he failed. Cheney found the arguments for the combat troop carrier unpersuasive and its problems irredeemable. "Given the risk we face from a military standpoint, given the areas where we think the priorities ought to be, the V-22 is not at the top of the list," he told a Senate committee in 1989. "It came out at the bottom of the list, and for that reason, I decided to terminate it." But the Osprey proved...
...very good preseason [this year] just from the standpoint of great team chemistry,” head coach Tim Murphy says. “It’s hard to quantify it, but it really helps...