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Nobody wanted to see Charlton Heston in the business suit or polo shirt that other stars of the '50s and '60s wore. The present was too puny a place to confine him. But put him in a toga or a military uniform from any millennium, or strip him to the waist to reveal that finely muscled torso, then let his tense, intense baritone voice articulate a noble notion, and you had Hollywood's ideal of Mensa beefcake. In the era of the movie epic, he was the iconic hero, adding to these films millions in revenue, plenty of muscle...
...academic world for women to succeed in. “Woodlands definitely helped with my development as a person. I started to feel more comfortable with who I was and speaking up in class,” Marquina says. She carried this sense of self-confidence from the uniform-clad halls of Woodlands Academy to the steps of Widener Library, citing her single-sex education as the main reason for this easy transition. But even with a high school emphasis on feminist confidence, it remains that single-sex schools cannot possibly superimpose their academic philosophies onto larger, coed universities. While...
...played cops and robbers, nobody wanted to be the police. Everyone wanted to be a robber,” the South Bronx native said. “There was a culture where you would absorb this without any philosophical discussion.”Adorned in her Boston police uniform, Baston offered a different perspective. Focusing on the lack of communication between police and urban communities, she cited a case in which Boston police attempted to provide security over a “hotspot” of the city with continual helicopter surveillance. “They felt like they were...
...troops, which would constitute the two brigades that McNeil wants, may help secure volatile areas and clear the way for development - key steps toward winning the hearts and minds so dear to counter-insurgency strategists. But if Afghans have no faith in their government to provide equal justice and uniform law, NATO's efforts will be of little worth...
...July 2004 he jumped too, from U.S. Airways to Dubai-based Emirates. His new company provides him with a freshly pressed uniform and a chauffeur-driven car to each flight. Murray has twice the vacation time (42 days), guaranteed annual raises and a benefits package that has lured more than 100 U.S. pilots to Emirates over the past four years. One-third of the 23 former U.S. Airways pilots at Emirates had the option to return when the airline recalled them from furlough after the cuts in 2004. Only one did. "It's just not worth it," Murray says. "Employees...