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Robert Redford to direct 'Against All Enemies'
LOS ANGELES AFP — Robert Redford is to direct a film adaptation of former counter-terrorism czar Richard Clarke's memoir "Against All Enemies," it was reported on Thursday. Hollywood icon Redford, who recently completed work on another politically-themed film "Lions for Lambs," will head the film provided it finds financial...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, financial, Investment, MARKETING, memoir
Research articles 2007-09-27
Cultures can collide amid international space endeavors
SAN FRANCISCO -- The French astronaut thought he would be considered a hero for bringing gourmet delicacies into space, but his Russian crewmate privately acknowledged that he could hardly wait to get back to borscht and black bread. American astronaut Shannon Lucid flew with two Russian...
Tags: INTERNET, MARKETING, memoir, NASA, University of British Columbia
Research articles 2007-08-22
Blair recruits US lawyer to negotiate book deal
LONDON AFP — Tony Blair has recruited an American lawyer and put him in charge of brokering a deal for his memoirs, sources close to the former prime minister told local media. The lawyer, Robert Barnett, previously negotiated a 12-million-dollar (8.9-million-euro) deal for ex-US president Bill Clinton's autobiography, "My...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, lawyer, MARKETING, memoir
Research articles 2007-08-16
Gatekeeper; memoirs of a CIA polygraph examiner
Gatekeeper; memoirs of a CIA polygraph examiner. Sullivan, John F. Potomac Books, Inc. 2007 273 pages $27.95 Hardcover JK468 Sullivan spent 31 years as a polygraph examiner for the Central Intelligence Agency. In this memoir, he touts the value of his craft...
Tags: CIA, MARKETING, memoir, PRODUCTIVITY
Research articles 2007-08-01
Spy recruited top Israeli scientist for USSR
JERUSALEM AFP — A convicted spy has revealed for the first time that he recruited another senior Israeli academic to spy for the Soviet intelligence services, a newspaper reported on Friday. Professor Marcus Klingberg made the revelation in his memoirs -- without revealing the name of the scientist he...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, MARKETING, memoir, recruit, scientist
Research articles 2007-07-06
Murdoch denies being bullied by China: FT
BEIJING AFP — Rupert Murdoch has denied allowing political pressure from Beijing to influence the running of his News Corp media empire, the Financial Times said Thursday. The charges have become a rallying cry for opposition to the media mogul's bid for control of Dow Jones and its flagship...
Tags: Beijing, China, Dow Jones & Company Inc., MARKETING, memoir, News Corp., TVs
Research articles 2007-05-23
Memoirs amongst the mausoleums.
The folks at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd have hit on a creative way to get people in the door while they're still alive - offering a free memoir-writing class, given on the cemetery grounds. It's a first, at least at this cemetery. Mary Beth Simmons, who teaches...
Tags: Benefits, inspiration, INTERNET, MARKETING, memoir, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Villanova University
Research articles 2006-08-30
Wrestling with John Lennon's legacy
NEW YORK AFP — A quarter century after John Lennon was gunned down outside his New York apartment building, a struggle remains among his family, friends and fans for control of the former Beatle's legacy. Defining Lennon has, since his murder on December 8, 1980, become a cottage industry...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Branding, Chapman Co., MARKETING, memoir, Strategy
Research articles 2005-12-04
Newsmakers
D. L. HUGHLEY One of the original kings of Comedy has a new talk show, "Weekends at the DL," on Comedy Central. Hughley spoke with NEWSWEEK's Allison Samuels. On the ads for "DL," you say, "You thought they wouldn't give another brother a show, didn't...
Tags: elephant, MARKETING, memoir, Newsweek
Research articles 2005-09-19
Heat Index; Weekly Rating (0-10) of Sizzle & Fizzle.(MediaWorks)(Brief Article)
9 Bob Iger With Michael Eisner agreeing to leave a year earlier than planned, the ABC executive named as his successor might actually be able to get that Pixar deal done. 7 Jeannette Walls Her childhood was just about as unglamorous as it gets,...
Tags: ABC Inc., Branding, MARKETING, memoir, Pixar Animation Studios Inc., TiVo Inc.
Research articles 2005-03-21
Heat Index; Weekly Rating (0-10) of Sizzle & Fizzle.(Media Works)(Brief Article)
7 Ushers The Motion Picture Association of America is offering movie theater employees a $500 reward for turning in patrons with camcorders trying to pirate new releases. 5 My Life Bill Clinton's memoir, for which he was paid a $12 million advance, will have...
Tags: camcorder, MARKETING, memoir, MPAA, patron, Piracy
Research articles 2004-06-28
Memoir puts Clinton back in the spotlight
NEW YORK AFP ? Bill Clinton fever gripped New York ahead of the release of the former president's autobiography, whose scandal-fuelled content looks set to shoot it straight to the top of the bestseller lists. The midnight launch of the 957-page "My Life" has taken on the trappings of...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, Leadership, MARKETING, memoir, president, SOFTWARE, White House
Research articles 2004-06-21
Clintonmania: boon or bane for Kerry?
WASHINGTON, AFP ? Former president Bill Clinton, buoyed by huge interest in his memoirs, is champing at the bit to campaign for Democratic heir John Kerry but the jury is still out as to whether he will be an asset or liability. Clinton's vice president Al Gore kept him...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, aide, Branding, Democrat, Kerry, MARKETING, memoir, president
Research articles 2004-06-20
Daily News, New York, Publishing Column.
By Paul D. Colford, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 18--Tim Russert -- deep into promotion for his life-with-father memoir, "Big Russ & Me" -- may already have a good idea of what he'll write next. ...
Tags: INTERNET, MARKETING, memoir, Newsday, SALES
Research articles 2004-05-18
The Blair Bitch Project?
He's baaack. Disgraced reporter Jayson Blair has released "Burning Down My Masters' House" New Millennium a memoir of his booze- and plagiarism-addled four-year tenure at The New York Times. If you missed his interview with Katie Couric last week, you might still catch him. This week alone his schedule has...
Tags: journalist, MARKETING, media, memoir, Newsweek, novel
Research articles 2004-03-11
Addison to celebrate Cinco de Mayo with author.(Inside DuPage County)
A noted teacher of English at the University of Illinois Chicago will be speaking about reaching for the American dream during the Addison Public Library's salute to Cinco de Mayo next week. Award-winning author Luis Alberto Urrea will focus his talk on "Nobody's Son,"...
Tags: MARKETING, memoir, University of Illinois
Research articles 2003-04-30
The briefs.(Neighbor)
Truman's grandson to speak in Huntley The memoirs of Harry S. Truman, 33rd president of the United States, will be narrated by his eldest grandson, Clifton Truman Daniel, at 2 p.m. Jan. 12 at the Huntley Area Public Library. Daniel will share...
Tags: MARKETING, memoir, memory, possession, University of North Carolina
Research articles 2002-12-30
East Wing: Politics, the Press, and a First Lady: a Memoir. (book review)
By Mary Finch Hoyt. Philadelphia: Xlibris, 2001. 242 pp. With a title such as this one, the reader expects to learn a lot about the political machinations from the perspective of the White House's East Wing. Yet the reader must be patient for almost ...
Tags: Benefits, Carter, East, HEALTHCARE, MARKETING, memoir, secretary, SOFTWARE, White House, Wing
Research articles 2002-09-01
CZECH REPUBLIC: IN RETIREMENT, CZECH PRESIDENT TO RETURN TO WRITING.(Vaclav Havel)(Brief Article)
Vaclav Havel on 29 August told journalists in Prague that after his mandate ends in early 2003 he intends to "return to my old love -- writing," AP reported. Havel said his next book will be "something between [former U.S. Secretary of State] Henry Kissinger and...
Tags: Associated Press, journalist, MARKETING, memoir, Prague, U.S.
Research articles 2001-09-13
Senior Stuff.(Neighbor)
Class Gifts Digital camera for school use Benches for the front of the school Commemoration Performers Dave Patera - processional Senior Choir - Tribute "Remember When" Marleah Liddle and...
Tags: Cooper, Davenport Co., MARKETING, memoir
Research articles 2001-06-02