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...tight suitcase. Even those closest to him had trouble figuring out if they had pleased him, and some of them suffered when, without realizing it, they fell short. He fired his brother Dick from directing the show (Dick then directed Merv Griffin's daytime schmoozathon). He summarily canned Art Stark, who had produced Who Do You Trust? and, for its first five years, the Carson Tonight Show. He broke up rancorously with his agent-lawyer-manager Henry (Bombastic) Bushkin. He also divorced his first three wives. In an uncharacteristically revealing moment in the 60s, Carson said that...
...just gone to the ocean for a while, and that she will soon return. Protecting children from exploitation is another priority. Previous disasters have demonstrated that kids are targets for gangs involved in human trafficking, which thrives in parts of the region. The issue was thrown into stark relief following reports that a missing 12-year-old Swedish boy, Kristian Walker, may have been abducted in Thailand. The scare turned out to be a case of mistaken identity, but the possibility that kids could be picked off by traffickers remains a pressing concern...
...Johnson teasingly applauds an opponent midround for landing a punch. In the Tommy Burns fight, the frame freezes as police stop the fight and order the cameras stilled to spare the world the trauma of seeing a black fighter whip a white one. On film, Johnson's singularity is stark: he is a lone, relentless black giant amidst a sea of white faces...
...President Leonid Kuchma as Prime Minister a year later, Yushchenko alienated Ukraine's financial oligarchs and overshadowed his unpopular boss, who fired him in 2001. As head of the Our Ukraine opposition bloc, he has become a skilled political adversary, leading meticulously planned demonstrations and framing the election in stark, eloquent terms. "Our choice is very simple," he said just before the runoff. "Either we live according to the code of ethics of the criminal underworld, or we live like free and affluent people." --By Daniel Eisenberg
Vickie’s supportiveness provides a stark contrast to the treatment Walter receives from Sgt. Lewis (Mos Def), a local police officer who harbors nothing but disdainful contempt for Walter, harassing him at home and vowing to return him to prison where he belongs...