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...have the title in your head the whole time? Pretty early on. It's something I heard in Baghdad a couple of times, and it stuck with me, that phrase, the hurt locker. It means the place of ultimate pain - a painful place...
...What stands out about your time on set? What I remember of it most was the overwhelming pleasure and sense of satisfaction seeing the actors perform the characters that I had invented. That was an incredible thrill, unequaled by anything I'd ever done as a writer. Your work is being performed by these incredibly talented people. And it gives it this resonance that is deeper than it had for you when you were writing it, because now it's brought to life...
...details of the government's role in keeping the lights on at what was once the nation's largest bank will again be on display on Thursday. For the first time, Citi's CEO will testify before the Congressional Oversight Panel (COP), set up by Congress to monitor the government's bailout of the financial system. Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard professor and longtime critic of the banking industry, heads the COP. Also testifying before the panel will be Herb Allison, who runs the Treasury Department's Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), the main vehicle the government has used to assist...
...time when every one of its main rivals has repaid its obligations to Uncle Sam, Citi still has its hands deep in the government-aid cookie jar. Uncle Sam owns more of Citigroup than any other bank. Currently, the government holds 7.7 billion shares of Citi's stock - a stake the government got last year by converting a portion of its Citi preferred shares. That makes Uncle Sam the bank's largest shareholder, with about 27% of Citi's outstanding shares, valued at some $26 billion. That's about seven times the $3.5 billion the government has lent SunTrust Bank...
...government would be subject to a pay czar. The office, later filled by high-profile lawyer Kenneth Feinberg, has the ability to set compensation for the 25 highest-paid employees at those firms. Other firms receiving government assistance are subject to much less stringent pay rules. (See pictures of TIME's Wall Street covers...