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Nixon and Kissinger in Watchmen

The newish montage for the screen version of Watchmen, has a fine scene of the Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger characters about mid way through it (video). Looks like they finally found an actor who could do the nose.

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A Shattered Idol in the Black Garden

(photo: Rahim Alizadeh) In Verdi’s opera Nabucco –the namesake of the western gas pipeline to Europe that holds the promise of partial independence from Russian energy reliance– the Jewish patriots take the daughter of the Babylonian king hostage, in order … Continue reading

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Tabletop Business Education

Someone is trying to teach Julia Allison about leveraged buyouts. There’s a whole new world for the lady to conquer. Did you know that Julia has the distinction of having the best socialite sobriquet ever devised? “A notorious figure with … Continue reading

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