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...TOUGH DECISION TO DO THAT SHOW? Yeah. I had a stand-up career that was starting to bloom, and I had a lot of trepidation doing it. You know, if I had any regrets in my career, as much as I enjoy learning more about acting, I would have said no to Soap and continued to develop my stand-up. I loved the time, and what we did on the show was important. But I think if I looked back--yeah, I should have waited for something that may have fit me better...
...fury on the right, few Republicans on the Hill are predicting Miers will be rejected, even if a good number are hoping she will withdraw her name to stop the pounding of her President. But if she and the President stand their ground, some of her allies expect Miers to impress the Senators with her strength and savvy. "To stand one on one in the Oval Office, and for the President to turn to you and say, 'What do you recommend?' you have to be confident, prepared, articulate and smart," says Brett Kavanaugh, Miers' successor as White House staff secretary...
...coverage is free advertising for Close to Home. This TV season has been notable for ever more gruesome cop shows (Wanted, Killer Instinct) with sensationalistic stories about brutalized women and children. Close to Home, whose early episodes involve a kidnapped young woman and doe-eyed kids on the witness stand, is a softer, more accessible--if emotionally manipulative--version of the same...
...house Hermès in January, he will be ending five generations of family leadership that began with harness maker Thierry Hermès in 1837. Says CEO designate Thomas: "I would be a fool to change the strategy." But Thomas, 58, co-CEO since last year, doesn't plan to stand still, either: "Hermès is going to be more and more Asian. When I joined in 1989, a third of our business was in Asia; now it's 50% and in 20 years, it will be 66%." The scion of a Burgundy wine family, he worked for Hermès from...
That's still being worked out. As things stand, HHS would be in charge of the federal medical response. The Department of Homeland Security would handle the emergency response, as it does after a hurricane. But most of the authority sits with the states, which are free to call on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...