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...carnage to find heroes, and the makers of the 9/11 films have found a few. Clarke, in Against All Enemies, is the lonely sentinel begging a smug, slow-witted establishment to take al-Qaeda seriously. He's Frank Capra's Mr. Smith after 30 years in Washington, his stubborn zeal intact. Another species of hero is the lucky survivor; and as Schindler's List was not about the nearly 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis but about 1,100 who escaped, so World Trade Center focuses on two of the last victims evacuated alive after the big buildings collapsed...
...pure love of Marian and into their own problems. Marian expects Val to resist them, but she doesn’t, and Marian begins to resent them.Val’s psychiatrist, Dr. Braintree, becomes an even more formidable enemy, telling Val that she must grow out of such stubborn, us-against-the-world friendships with other girls. Marian tries to save the friendship by having Val meet Henry in person, but her plan goes awry, pushing Val further into the world of her parents...
Once again, a stubborn Crimson top of the order willed its way on base, vexing the Cornell pitching staff with a potent combination of patience and slugging...
Some analysts think that Vultaggio's stubborn streak, especially his rejection of advertising, is hurting him. Pirko, president of BevMark, believes that with soda lagging, Coke and Pepsi will shift some focus to trouncing Arizona. "It's vulnerable," Pirko says of Arizona. "Word of mouth might work when there's little competition, but now the shelves are overloaded, groaning with new products. He who spends is usually he who gets the space." Vultaggio is utterly unmoved. "We've got a winning formula," he says. "What's the sense of changing...
...stubborn, but he is not standing still. Vultaggio is making a bet on the energy-drink craze, pioneered by Red Bull and the hot upstart Monster. In April he will unveil a hybrid product: Arizona's Green Tea Energy Drink, packaged in a sleek black can--a bizarre combination that promises to keep you up all night while helping your heart. Don't be surprised if Vultaggio finds another hit. "People see something exciting, and they remember it," he says. "Think they remember the first time they had C2 [Coke's low-calorie cola]? I doubt it." Sure...