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...harsh lesson, says Corey Rosen, executive director of the NCEO, "is to look at stock options differently going forward. You need to understand just how likely it is that these things will pay off." The answer for many right now: not very...
...comedy of remarriage thana suspense film,” he said. “That’s actuallywhat’s at the heart of the movie, andhopefully that’s what the audience cantake with them...It’s not telling you a lesson,but there is something underneathwhich makes it worth your time...
...Baltimore, as in real life, every choice is connected; as Detective Lester Freamon puts it, “all the pieces matter.” Watching “The Wire” is a lesson in the frustrating compromises that go into everything from publishing a daily paper to convicting a killer to running a city (or country). And for all of us—from future politicians, lawyers, and journalists to garden-variety citizens—it has more than a few important messages about the real troubles that afflict this country. In the world...
...Tussaud's imparts a lesson to the schoolkids and tourists who tramp through its labyrinthine exhibits, it's about the pre-eminence of pop culture, and the random nature - and transience - of fame. Hollywood A-listers, sports people and British royals hog the limelight. There are 400-odd figures on show, but all scientific endeavor is represented by Isaac Newton, Stephen Hawking, Charles Darwin, Isambard Kingdom Brunel and TIME's Person of the Century, Albert Einstein, who share a small annex with Vincent Van Gogh, William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde. In the dim light of the first gallery...
...going forward, such forbearance will likely be the exception, not the rule. Obama famously decried Clinton's criticism that he was coasting on "just words." But if there is a lesson for Obama and his team from the Goolsbee and Power episodes, it is: watch what you say - always - because the world is now watching...