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...political, emotional or social program. Dirty Pretty Things, for example, could be called an expos? of the inhuman conditions forced on an African doctor (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a Turkish woman (Amélie's Audrey Tautou) and other immigrants working in a London hotel. The movie clicks, however, because Steven Knight's script tucks sharply observed commentary into an appealing love story. Phillip 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...
Walt’s Kennedy School of Government colleague Steven E. Miller also signed that advertisement, which was funded by academics carefully selected for their reputations as non-pacifists and argues that war with Iraq would divert U.S. focus from the greater threat of al Qaeda...
...have other advantages. Schmergel says that within three years, Nantero can bring to market chips with NRAM that can store 10 times as much data as a silicon chip the same size while operating faster and with less heat. "They're not saying much publicly about their approach," says Steven Glapa, president of the nano-consulting firm In Realis, "but what they're promising sounds pretty breathtaking...
...well-connected financier, consultant or industry executive helps. Such a champion can entice a potential foreign buyer to visit your lab in the U.S. or accept a visit from you. But then you have to have that better mousetrap. "You need to have a niche-breaking product," stresses Ellenberger. Steven Domenikos, CEO and founder of Telegea, a software firm based in Waltham, Mass., has had success in Japan because his technology automates the service-fulfillment process for telecom companies, cutting their delivery costs more than...
...Sometimes executives buy just because they want to get Wall Street's attention or they misread the market. They also tend to act far in advance of expected news, in part to avoid the appearance of illegal insider trading. So patience is key. New research by Bin Ke and Steven Huddart of Pennsylvania State University and Kathy Petroni of Michigan State suggests that insider activity precedes specific company news by three to nine quarters. The current buying, then, may preface gains that won't come before next year...