Word: weinstein
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Moore, skilled at paying out rope to his victims (and then charging them for it), later agreed to meet with Nike spokesman Lee Weinstein to discuss damage control. Nike had two problems with the interview, Weinstein explained. First, it was unfair to include Knight's endorsement of a 14-year-old labor force while leaving out his subsequent pledge to make a transition to 16-year-olds (a difficult task, says Nike, given the workers' propensity for using "forged documents"). Second, Knight referred to his employees as "poor little Indonesian workers," a characterization that failed to convey the respect...
Moore decided to deal. He couldn't remove anything from the movie, he told Weinstein, but if Nike were to build a facility in Flint, Mich., he'd add a new scene. Heartened, Weinstein whipped out a notepad. Would that be a shoe factory or a warehouse? Moore, who can't keep a straight face at gunpoint, fought back tears of incredulity. Anything that'll employ 500 people at a livable wage, he replied. Weinstein promised to get back...
...Jerry Weinstein, an editor for a localuniversity press, said he "entirely disagreed"with Connerly's argument...
...killers, she exudes likability and warmth. And in her newest film, the sweaty, hormonal romp Wild Things, Campbell glistens with sincerity, even as her character is swept up in an unlikely swirl of perjury, murder and three-way sex. "[Neve] makes you care and empathize with her," says Bob Weinstein, co-chairman of Miramax, the studio behind the Scream films. Says Peter Roth, president of the Fox Entertainment Group: "She's beautiful but accessible. You feel she could be your friend...
...Noam I. Weinstein '99 said that West's words struck a chord within...