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...hard-drinking perfectionist, he got into brawls with villagers on one location and laid such waste to his rented villa in Morocco that the caretaker protested to Scott, saying "He must leave! He is violating every tenet of the Koran!" Crowe questioned every aspect of the evolving script and strode off the set when he did not get answers. Says a DreamWorks exec: "Russell was not well behaved. He tried to rewrite the entire script on the spot. You know the big line in the trailer, 'In this life or the next, I will have my vengeance'? At first...
...Crimson threatened again in the fourth inning, when sophomore second baseman Faiz Shakir, one of Harvard's hottest hitters, strode to the plate with the sacks full and only...
...when a loud voice called from down the hall. This was Gayle King, O's editor at large and, more important, Oprah's best friend. King, a former TV-news anchor, is charged with ensuring that Oprah's voice is heard at every key editorial turning point. As King strode in and handily usurped the interview, she demonstrated how defenseless the magazine professionals must have felt in the face of the combined force of Winfrey and King...
...Sunday evening, I snuck the 1988 cinematic classic "Bloodsport" past the snoozing guard and strode purposefully to the video room, following the strategically placed signs. The video room, for those who have never been, is a bastion of social deliciousness. There are six televisions to watch videotaped lectures, the same number of chairs, and, as luck would have it, four potential friends--two guys and two girls...
After the debate, self-satisfied Gore operatives moved about the press room, and Berman caught sight of Carter Eskew, the Vice President's message strategist and principal knife sharpener. Berman leaped to his feet, strode across the room and gave Eskew a big, happy hug. Then Gore's campaign manager, Donna Brazile, came over and slapped Berman on the back. It was the same thing that had just happened onstage, the victor playing kissy-face with the vanquished, but there was more to it than that, because Al Gore owes Bill Bradley a huge debt. Meeting the stiff challenge that...