Spitzer's charges paint a startling picture of Marsh brass nonchalantly ripping off clients as if it were business as usual.

FORBES: Companies, People, Ideas

Acidulous and brazenly absurd, the movie was a one-of-a-kind mainstream picture, with startling oddities that people talked about for years.

NEWYORKER: The Manchurian Candidate

Given this depressing picture, an event on June 2nd in a rain-soaked quadrangle in Toulouse was startling.

ECONOMIST: French higher education