Word: trusted
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Thanks to their money-in-the-bank track record, studios trust them, so Kennedy and Marshall manage to talk executives into some extraordinary things. Shortly before the opening of The Bourne Supremacy, Marshall got a call from its star, Matt Damon, who was on the Lake Como, Italy, set of Ocean's 12. Damon had talked with a screenwriter there and come up with an ending for Supremacy that he and the director, Paul Greengrass, liked better than the original, which left test audiences unmoved. "I said, 'Matt, the movie comes out in two weeks. What are you talking about...
...inherited his fortune from his first wife, a Palm Beach, Fla., heiress. After he married Hilda in 1982, he bought a 7,000-acre (2,800 hectare) ranch once owned by the Ariases. The sale of that property, now valued at up to $50 million, would fund his charitable trust...
...push for change or illuminate Harvard’s flaws because they serve only in a nominal or advisory capacity. While there is much that Harvard does well, most students, faculty, and administrators can agree that University governance is in dire need of revision. A relationship based on trust is difficult to formalize, but an improved University structure would bring about expanded communication, collaboration, and mutual honesty...
...major issue at stake, however, is under the current structure, trust and transparency is lacking. While structural changes can do much to improve this, they must be accompanied by a good faith effort from students to trust that the administration and Faculty are doing what is in everyone’s best interest. At the same time, this means that administrators must trust students to be reasonable and work with them on relevant issues...
...lives since the 1970s, have entered an uneasy lull. In recent weeks, however, the Arroyo administration has been beset by fresh allegations of corruption, giving the impression of a government under siege. Last week, former President Fidel Ramos, a widely respected figure, warned Arroyo that she was losing public trust: "I have told her, reform yourself before you talk about reforming other people and institutions...