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...recent employer, Formulasys, a privately held tech consulting company. Once again Desai became CEO. Briefly. He was asked to resign in January, five days after getting the top job. The firm claims he had been falsifying contracts with big-name companies like Vodafone, although Desai says the allegation is "utter nonsense...
...distress. I lean over and ask if she minds that she is being used as a model for next year's Christmas cards sent out by paparazzi. She shoots me a "what can I do?" smile. I sense that I cannot duck my destiny with gallantry. I utter the words that I've heard from a slew of celebrity handlers over the years. "Come on gentlemen... last two pictures. Miss Fonda is due on stage right...
...envelope, please... And the winner is… Almost Famous, the story of the XFL's complete and utter failure? How is that possible...
...arrival at the crease, he studied the field; he did not perfunctorily glance about as most batsmen do. Satisfied, he'd utter a shrill "right" and crouch over his uncommonly light bat. That single word sent a powerful message: Bradman was ready. As the bowler moved in, Bradman revealed two more idiosyncrasies. First, he did not tap his bat, a habit observed by virtually every batsman at all levels. He was perfectly still?and still smiling. Second, his grip was unusual, his bottom hand turned more toward the front than the textbooks recommend...
...insisted that his nudes had no element of sexual provocation. They were just form, color and glimpses of domesticity. This was quite unpersuasive. Balthus' interiors can have a chilly and highly stage-managed perverseness, as in The Room, 1952-54, where the young girl sprawls on a chair in utter abandonment, flooded with the light from a huge window whose heavy curtains are being pulled back by a sinister dwarf...