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...Maguire,” the inspiration behind a 15-year-old’s awkward loss of virginity in “Almost Famous.” “The personal stuff tends to be the thing people come up to me later and say, ‘Thank you for putting that in a movie. It feels like it is from my life,’” Crowe says in a phone interview. This biographical approach, he clarifies, is “out of wanting to share something that is meaning[ful]…never...
...Thank you for "4 places where the system Broke Down" [Sept. 19]. You provided balanced reporting on how officials responded to Hurricane Katrina. The recovery efforts by the Federal Government were disorganized and sluggish. The disaster has revealed the inefficiency of bureaucracy in times of crisis. FEMA [the Federal Emergency Management Agency] was ill-prepared to handle the magnitude of the devastation. Its incompetent performance under the leadership of Michael Brown, who had no credentials or experience, reflects poorly on President George W. Bush, who was responsible for Brown's appointment. The majority of the blame, though, lies with local...
...found that a lot of people are very dissatisfied with banks," says Zopa founder and CEO Richard Duvall, who previously was a co-founder of Egg, Britain's biggest online bank. "They find banks impersonal." At Zopa, lenders' funds are pooled and distributed to borrowers who can send thank-you notes to the lending group to let them know how they are using the money. One borrower fixed up his garden; others are consolidating debts, buying cars or starting businesses. Lenders so far are getting an average rate of return of 7.6%, while borrowers have got cash for as little...
...prayers, while others knelt on the roadside and began reciting the Quran. Loudspeakers in the mosques urged the faithful to seek forgiveness. "I thought doomsday had fallen," said Abdur Rashid Hajjam, as he came out of prayers at a Sufi shrine. "Pray for our brethren who died today and thank Allah for we are safe," said the imam at Illahi Bagh mosque on the outskirts of Srinagar, which lies in Indian-ruled Kashmir. "Whatever the scientists say, our Prophet said that when this earth is replete with sin, this would happen." As evening fell, the thanksgiving prayer, Nimaz-e-shukrana...
...alongside us, buying mini-iPods before us, and planning to be present for our childrens’ childrens’ bridal parties. I want to give that security and that vitality to my little Christopher, Abigail, and Jack (almost all the girls I know have already named their children, thank you very much...