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...young law student who drops out of school against his father’s wishes, having decided that writing is his true calling. When this dream doesn’t materialize immediately, he decides to accept the first job he can find and ends up becoming the road manager for Buck Howard, a self-important, washed-up mentalist hoping to relive his former fame. Troy’s father (Tom Hanks, both on screen and in reality) cannot understand his decision—and neither can the audience. Buck Howard (John Malkovich) is nasty in person and not very talented...
...face Georgetown on Wednesday and flocks further southward next Friday to butt heads with Presbyterian in sunny Atlanta. Harvard has played neither the Hoyas nor the Blue Hose, since before members of the squads were in high school. While the Crimson is shooting for wins on the road trip, its eyes are wide with vengeance as it focuses on the Quakers. “To be honest, we really haven’t looked past Saturday,” Harvard coach John Tillman said. “We are focusing on Penn. [The loss] was a tough way to start...
...month period in 2008, IED incidents increased from 50 to 154) and, says, Dean Lockwood of the think tank Forecast International, "while the up-armored Humvees have good protection, it is not enough for a large IED." Furthermore, the vehicles have to be lighter to do all the off-road patrols required in Afghanistan. Indeed, some military officers would sacrifice armor for mobility in Afghanistan because that kind of versatility may increase the chances of averting a roadside bomb. (Check out a brief history of the Humvee...
...with some of the pickup trucks [run by insurgents] they may be chasing," says Gen. Robert Lennox, the U.S. Army's assistant deputy chief of staff for operations. The specifics required by the Army and the Marines are spelled out in the request for bids: blas-resistant, off-road vehicles that drive 65 mph, have 16 inches of ground clearance, accelerate from zero to 30 mph in 12 seconds and weigh no more than 10 tons. Oh yes, the winning bidder also has to be able to produce 500 to 2,000 vehicles within a couple of months...
Duplicity is just as much a proclamation as her scene with the paparazzi. It's intentionally a wedding-dress-free zone. Claire would like Ray Koval (Owen) to love her, but it's clear she'd survive without him. Their relationship is not a road to an altar; it's about being with someone who gets you. It's mature love, in short, even if it's set in a glamorous cloak-and-dagger world where the goal is to scam the bosses into funding your fabulous lifestyle...