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...bringing about the transformations there. The failed Sautter plan would have cut costs by merging two huge tax administrations within the ministry. Both are still in place; Parent and his colleagues left the structures largely alone, but looked at ways to eliminate the overlap. "I prefer progressive reforms that succeed even if they take five years," Parent says, "to more ambitious and more rapid ones that run the risk of being a complete failure." That's typically French. In Germany and Scandinavia, change happens after considered debate and lengthy analysis. In France, by contrast, it tends to be convulsive...
...there is much of a demand for the Slingbox beyond sports nuts. "The Slingbox will spread, but only among a die-hard technology enthusiast group that loves electronics," says Josh Bernoff, an analyst with Forrester Research. Krikorian, of course, has almost a missionary's sense that his product will succeed. "We're tripling the number of TVs on the planet," he says, exaggerating for effect. But of all the hyped technology predictions of recent years, the most believable are usually the ones that allow people to do more easily or better things they already want to do - like shopping, talking...
...chief, who packed some of his own boxes for the move across West Executive Avenue from his old office, had been on the job just one full day when Rob Portman, the Trade ambassador and a strong communicator, was named to succeed him as director of the Office of Management and Budget. The next morning, press secretary Scott McClellan appeared on the South Lawn with Bush to announce to reporters in a choked voice that he would leave his job in two or three weeks, a few months short of three years at the podium. McClellan, considered "family" because...
...Keira Knightley (“Pirates of the Caribbean”). Once you move to L.A., get discovered, learn to talk in a cute accent, and get screen time in period clothes that showcase your best assets, you’ll be set. If you can succeed in accomplishing all of this, the likelihood that you’ll attain your sex-symbol status is akin to a senior hooking up with a seventeen year-old pre-frosh next weekend: very high. Just like your role model, Austin Powers, women will want to sleep with you and men will want...
...only real stand-up on campus.” WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH STAND-UP?“The thing about stand-up is that it’s the easiest thing to break into but it’s the hardest thing to succeed in,” says David W. Ingber ’07.Ingber has done the vast majority of his comedy performance off-campus, playing sets in bars and clubs.Ingber will be one of the featured performers at the festival. However, he is not a traditional stand-up comedian...