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...voters recognize his name, a plus in a state where advertising is pricey; and his G.O.P. opponent, businessman Douglas Forrester, loses his greatest distinction--not being Torricelli. By week's end, Republicans were muttering that they should try this gambit too--yank Forrester and stick a proven pro like Christie Todd Whitman into the race...
...voters recognize his name, a plus in a state where advertising is pricey; and his G.O.P. opponent, businessman Douglas Forrester, loses his greatest distinction - not being Torricelli. By week's end, Republicans were muttering that they should try this gambit too - yank Forrester and stick a proven pro like Christie Todd Whitman into the race...
...Noyce's stylish The Quiet American, based on the 1954 Graham Greene novel, uncovers early U.S. chicanery in Vietnam. But it's more impressive for Michael Caine's perfectly graded performance as a tired Englishman whose political scruples - and sexual possessiveness - put him at odds with the blandly conniving Yank played by Brendan Fraser. Even Curtis Hanson's 8 Mile, the widely heralded acting debut of hip-hopper Eminem, has a political agenda tucked inside its rappin'-Rocky plot. It says that the white underclass should be as free as the black to mouth racist, misogynist, gay-bashing jive. Eminem...
...Mizuho handles the Tokyo city government's payroll and tax collection, Ishihara dispatched inspectors to examine the bank's books and management. He has refused to discuss the city's findings. But the Tokyo government withdrew $2.5 billion from the bank in April, lending credence to his threat to yank more money in months to come. "The government is applying great pressure on Ishihara not to penalize Mizuho," says Hideyasu Ban, who follows Japanese banks for Morgan Stanley. "But nobody knows what he will...
Reform in Japan is like Lucy and the football. Each time Lucy persuades Charlie Brown that she won't yank the ball away as he runs to kick it, but at the last minute she always does. Gullible Charlie once again falls in the mud. It's much the same with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who plays Lucy to the beleaguered country's Charlie Brown. Koizumi convinced everyone during his election campaign in April 2001 that he would embark on drastic reforms "with no sacred cows." But his reforms are now mired in compromise and dealmaking...