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...more admirable is his attempt to get Hollywood to believe that the hybrid Toyota Prius was as hot as a Ferrari. Explains Bochner: "We just tried to position the Prius as the new sexy thing. It wasn't easy - making driving a smaller, more economic car hip was a task. So I'd just ask my friends, 'Do you love your children?' That was the linchpin in convincing them. I told them, 'The decision is yours, but the nation is watching what you want...
...steps of Pusey Library, devotees attempt the impossible task of coaxing tape into adhering to damp stone. Magicians are called in with new tapes and new methods. Sometimes their efforts work; the dominant clans earn prominent viewing space. Other times the ritual is a complete failure, and magnificent banners of taped-together posters billow out into the wind before skittering, tumbleweed-like, across the pavement...
...urgency of the task at hand was underscored by the news Friday that yet another financial institution - Washington Mutual of Seattle - had been taken over by the government and had most of its assets sold off to JP Morgan Chase. Even Democrats were unsettled by the urgency with which they were being called upon to act in the face of what the Bush Administration was warning is an imminent threat. "It's not like our guys are saying, 'We really want to pass this bill.' We've seen this before," noted one Democratic Capitol Hill veteran, alluding...
...Obama's task would seem to be simpler. As the candidate with the momentum, owing to the unraveling of the financial markets, the Democrat will probably try to steer as many questions as possible - however internationally oriented in the asking - toward the shambolic state of the U.S. economy. This would be the "cool" approach: stick to his strength, convey calm, and gracefully clear the bar of appearing presidential under pressure...
Since 1976, stand-ins - often friendly politicians or close outside advisers - have helped prepare candidates by mimicking every facet of an opponent, offering the same arguments, applause lines and even jokes. Those who've done it in the past say it's no easy task...