Word: understanding
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...pushing hard to get the new movie done fast, to keep up the momentum, and she was burned out. Enter Chris Weitz, who was not, by his own admission, the obvious choice. "There was a reasonable amount of skepticism when I took over the second movie," he says. "I understand that. I directed American Pie. I would be worried too." But after a 2½-hour phone conversation with Meyer - a fan of Weitz's About a Boy - she gave him her blessing...
Allan Sloan concludes that because some CEOs didn't cash in their stocks, they didn't understand what they were doing. A more plausible explanation: unfettered greed blinded them. Sloan also omits the question of where the "well run" Goldman Sachs would be if it had not received a whopping $12.9 billion in bailout funds...
During yesterday’s meeting, Council members worked to put an end to the confusion and to understand why the seven person Election Commission—just minutes away from announcing the next Council president—voted to decertify election results Thursday night out of fear of voting irregularities...
...collaborator. There is another character in the room, and you have to consider that. It’s not about pandering, it’s about clarity,” he said. “If they’re not liking it because they don’t understand it, that is a theatrical...
...particular, Sondheim is known for writing songs for characters in the midst of a personal crisis. “I love to write nervous breakdown songs,” he said. “I understand them so well.” The number “Epiphany” in “Sweeney Todd,” for example, marks the turning point of the show, when Todd transforms from a tragic hero into a man thirsty for blood and vengeance. The success of this particular number is crucial, because it has to justify this character?...