Word: ziegler
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Sidney Pollack, the film director, who replaced Harvey Keitel as Victor Ziegler, the character who ties together all the evil that Cruise's character discovers and who is the most significant addition to the original story, observes that "Stanley had figured out a way to work in England for a fraction of what we pay here. While the rest of us poor bastards are able to get 16 weeks of filming for $70 million with a $20 million star, Stanley could get 45 weeks of shooting for $65 million." In short, says Pollack, "he ensured himself the luxury of trying...
...even folks who buy access sometimes have a strong case. "There is no issue that is less attractive for us to go to a trade dispute on," admits USTR spokesman Jay Ziegler, referring to Lindner's political connections. "But the fact is, the banana dispute has evolved into a crucial test" of the enforceability of rulings by the World Trade Organization, which, to no avail, ordered the E.U. to drop its banana restrictions by Jan. 1. Rising concern about the U.S. trade deficit--up 50% in 1998 and expected to rise as much as 80% in 1999--has critics clamoring...
...does the Federal Aviation Administration require commercial pilots to stop flying at 60? If NASA thinks a 77-year-old Glenn is good enough for it, you can bet I'd want to have him in the pilot's seat of the airliner I'm riding in. CARL ZIEGLER Hugo, Minn...
...benefit society at large. But youngsters must learn how to use the hardware and software for learning and for doing research--not just for getting facts. Does this mean hardware alone won't do the job? Yep. Trained and dedicated teachers will once again be the key. DOLLY ZIEGLER Towson...
...would not sell his mother to have these birds back in the Oval Office for only a day, scheming, brooding, drawing up enemies lists, conniving about "Plumbers"? The most entertaining of the tape excerpts, to me, has Nixon raging about the threat of impeachment to his press secretary Ron Ziegler, when his dog, King Timahoe, suddenly jumps up on him: "Christ, impeach the President on John Dean's word... there's a cancer in the heart of the White House, on the heart of the presidency. [The dog barks.] King! Goddam, get off me! But they can't want, frankly...