:03:00
Jesus Christ.
:03:02
Welcome to London,
Dr. Slaughter...
:03:04
and to the Institute for Middle
Eastern Strategic Studies.
:03:08
Dr. Slaughter has
a Ph.D. from Harvard...
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and comes to us after
3 years fieldwork in China.
:03:14
Now, I don't have
to remind you...
:03:16
how important it is
for our institute...
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to maintain its
special relationship...
:03:21
with the Arab world.
:03:23
We're dependent upon
its good will...
:03:25
and its generosity...
:03:26
for the funding of all
our research projects.
:03:30
So think of yourselves
as ambassadors...
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bridge builders...
:03:35
friends.
:03:37
You owe me the money,
Nigel, and I want it.
:03:40
Ask me nicely, then.
:03:41
Why should I?
We bought the house together.
:03:43
Everything is in
the lawyer's hands.
:03:45
The divorce papers
are going through.
:03:47
Nigel, I have to pay my rent.
:03:50
If you can't afford it,
get something smaller.
:03:52
Smaller?
It's a bed-sitter, Nigel.
:03:54
It makes our place in Peking
look like a palace.
:03:57
You used to say
your surroundings...
:03:59
didn't matter
as long as I was around.
:04:01
Did I? Well,
I must have been in love.
:04:04
Don't worry.
It won't happen again.
:04:09
Julian, I know it's very
un-British to ask this...
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but how do you manage?
:04:13
Manage?
:04:15
On $150 a week.
:04:18
You mean you're living
on your Institute salary?
:04:20
What are you living on?
:04:22
My father has a small
merchant bank, actually.
:04:24
Well, bully for you.
What about the rest of us?
:04:27
Grants, scholarships.
:04:29
Lauren, it's considered
to be a good job.
:04:32
Julian, where I come from...
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a good job is a job
that pays well.
:04:36
Why don't you apply for
the Kuwait field trip?
:04:38
What's that?
:04:39
Well, every year
the Kuwaitis select...
:04:41
someone from the Institute
to do field research for them.
:04:44
First-class travel,
limitless expenses...
:04:46
and a little extra money.
:04:48
Sounds too good to be true.
Why haven't you applied?
:04:52
I have.