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Time and again, given the choice between an actor who does great work as a meanie and another who does good work as a cutie or victim, Oscar went for the latter. Marlon Brando's Stanley Kowalski in the 1951 A Streetcar Named Desire is one of the major revolutionary performances in movies; it announced the arrival of the Method actor and the sexy brute in one galvanizing package. Yet Brando lost to Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen. The Academy went for old style over new, as it did in withholding Oscars from Brando's more sensitive brethren, Montgomery...
Democrats - Barack Obama has taken Kansas, where Gov. Kathleen Sebelius gave him her endorsement. He has ties to the traditionally Republican state: His mother was born at Fort Leavenworth during World War II, and Stanley Dunham, her father and Obama's grandfather, was a native of El Dorado...
...himself Mr. Bebe (Vlad Ivanov). Gabi is afraid of meeting him, so Otilia is forced to go on the errand, after borrowing some money from her own boyfriend. Mr. Bebe is an imposing fellow: solidly built and radiating macho menace - a solemn thug who thinks he's Brando's Stanley Kowalski. When he shows up at the hotel room the girls have taken, Bebe seems open enough: he lays out the procedure in blunt declarative sentences, Yet every soft-spoken word and compact gesture announces his threat to these women who need his services...
...Lab—which aims to find ways to utilize technology to improve quality of life—and biotech companies to craft her strategies for promoting entrepreneurship and economic development. Additionally, Royal will meet with a number of faculty members, including economist Amartya Sen and historian of France Stanley Hoffmann. Goldhammer said he thinks Royal’s meetings with professors is part of her attempt to seek advice in rebuilding the Left. “She may be looking to constitute a sort of brain trust, like Sarkozy put together in conjunction with his campaign...
...press reports have also noted that Bouton's actions in the face of the crisis provided additional reason for keeping him on. Despite the enormous blow Kerviel's activities dealt the bank's finances and image, Bouton was able to quickly enlist international heavyweights like JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley to back an $8 billion capital increase?and has already convinced two big French businesses, Groupama and Caisse des Dépots, to subscribe...