Word: respected
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...probably won't get the job. I've learned in my job as a reporter here that it takes a lot to get people to take you seriously in this city. Wear a shirt that's even a little bit tight to a meeting, and you risk losing the respect of the people whose quotes you desperately need for your story...
NAME: JOHN SINGLETON AGE: 32 OCCUPATION: Shaft director BEST DODGE: "Sam is opinionated, but I respect that." The real cause of on-set tension? "It was our producer, Scott Rudin, that was the big problem...
...visions of sipping wine in Provence clouding your thoughts at work? Cave in to them. The weakening euro makes Europe a relative summer bargain. Since its 1999 debut, the euro has lost almost 25% of its value with respect to the dollar. For U.S. manufacturers that export, that's not good, but for tourists it's a boon. The currencies of 11 European countries are tied to the euro, so their values have fallen in kind. In France $1 is worth 6.9 francs this month, versus 6.3 last year. That means a Paris hotel room, regularly $200 a night...
...benefited from this neutrality. Because regulators breaking up AT&T forced the telephone company to respect e2e neutrality, consumers of telephone service have always had the right to choose the Internet service provider they want, not the ISP the telephone company is pushing. This built an architecture of extraordinary competition among ISPs. AOL, by delivering what consumers want, has prevailed in this competition...
...this may change, however, as Internet access moves from narrowband (telephones) to broadband (predominantly cable). Cable companies are not required to respect e2e; they are allowed to discriminate. Unlike telephone companies, they get to choose which "new ideas" will run on cable's network. They get to block services they don't like. Already many limit the streaming of video to computers (while charging a premium for streaming video to televisions). And this is only the beginning. The list of blocked uses is large and growing...