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...When I die and go to hell, the devil is gong to make me the marketing director for a cola company” and “Get out of the kitchen if you can’t stand the heat.” This folksy tone is stiff and unconvincing. The book also occasionally reads too much like an advertisement for Patagonia. Admittedly, publicity is one of the intended side effects of devoting an entire volume to dissect one company, and a little self-congratulations is expected. Indeed, since Chouinard is holding Patagonia up as an example...
...titular role, Daniel Radcliffe is again the weakest link among the trio of protagonists. The fault is hardly all his, as the “Ironman”-like magical tournament gives Harry no opportunities to flex his mental muscle in solving them. But Radcliffe is still a stiff actor, and only in the emotionally draining scene at the film’s conclusion do his acting lessons bear fruit. Screenwriter Steven Kloves, adapter of all four film versions, redeems himself for the gaping plot holes of “Prisoner of Azkaban” with an airtight...
...graduation speech, now available for viewing on Manatee’s website. “In a field exercise one night, I found myself bedded down without so much as a poncho to protect me from the elements. I woke for guard duty at about 3 a.m., stiff and shivering, to find the sky had opened up and was snowing on my face...
BYERLY Hall, despite the ubiquity of its brand, faces stiff competition each year from its closest rivals in the admissions game. To keep high-achieving students like Kendrick from jetting off to Stanford, Harvard’s extensive marketing operation strives to promote accessibility and combat the negative stereotypes...
...Minister does not have anything rivaling the independent military powers that the U.S. President and many other heads of government possess. For example, although Koizumi orchestrated Japan's missions to the Indian Ocean and Iraq, each required a special act of parliament. And despite his popularity, Koizumi has faced stiff public opposition to every controversial military decision he has taken. Hiroshi Honma, a professor of international law at Hosei University, says the U.S. continues to underestimate Japan's ambivalence about its military. "The U.S. is struggling to maintain its role as the world's keeper of democracy and liberalization...