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That was kind of like choosing between an apple and an apple with a worm in it. "If you're going to keep one of the two pieces, why not make it the one that is by far the market leader?" says First Data spokesman Don Sharp. And the point is, If Western Union is so clearly better, why should anyone invest in MoneyGram? Even before the company was rejected by other buyers, some of MoneyGram's biggest agent networks were fleeing. "It was like a piece of merchandise that didn't move, so we dropped it," says Tom Dingledy...
...were a nematode in Siegfried Hekimi's genetics lab, you would be one of the most remarkable creatures in the world. It wouldn't be your looks that made you special, of course. As a tiny transparent worm measuring a millimeter from tip to tail, you would be nearly invisible to the naked eye. Nor would it be the way you spent your time. Moving little and eating less, you would pass all your days inside a Petri dish, resting atop a bed of nutrient...
From both "a worm's-eye view and a bird's-eye view" is how Chaim Herzog, former Israeli president and United Nations ambassador, described, during a book-signing ceremony at The Coop yesterday, his unique perspective on international events...
...these sweet mixes of cunning and convention throughout The Long Kiss Goodnight, a sleepy title for a swell turbo-thriller about a teacher with amnesia who was once a CIA assassin. If you shrug off a few silly touches (villains who shoot everyone else dead but leave Davis to worm her way out of trouble) and an underwear-and-underwater torture scene out of some lurid comic book, you can enjoy a clever tale of a woman who discovers her hidden violent side--her own macho twin--and uses it against those who made her what...
...title for a swell turbo-thriller about a teacher with amnesia who was once a CIA assassin, the 'Long Kiss Goodnight' is a sweet mix of cunning and convention. If you shrug off a few silly touches (villains who shoot everyone else dead but leave star Geena Davis to worm her way out of trouble) and an underwear-and-underwater torture scene out of some lurid comic book, you can enjoy a clever tale of a woman who discovers her hidden violent side and uses it against those who made her what she was. Like the heroine, the movie...