That might be a measure of how things have changed for older female actors since Swanson's era, but if those opportunities have improved, Close is a big part of the reason why.
Nicholas Curtis, the executive chairman of Lynas, said in an interview on Friday that financing opportunities had improved in recent months, declining to elaborate because of a voluntary five-day suspension in its stock trading as the company reviews its options.
Judy Benjamin, who served as the gender adviser to the U.S. Agency for International Development mission in Kabul in 2002 and 2003, told me, "The legal opportunities have improved, but the day-to-day life for women, even in Kabul, isn't any better.
However, while new economic opportunities have improved the lives of many - urban Cambodians, in particular - it has also increased inequalities.
While only 38% of respondents in Belgium believed that opportunities had improved during the last year, the share of positive responses was 84% in Poland.
Further, treatment opportunities have improved as the CCI weights were constructed; and also, with data based on NPR discharge diagnosis no differentiation was made between mildest vs severe cases of a given disorder.
The recent election of a more moderate president, Hassan Rouhani, has improved opportunities to pursue a negotiated solution to the Iranian nuclear program, which threatens regional stability.
From a developers or startups view, the fattening long tail should be seen for what it is: a marketplace that has improved opportunities for smart startups.
"We have used the economic crisis as a source of opportunity and have improved efficiency significantly in all areas of the company," the BMW chief executive Norbert Reithofer said in a statement.
And new ways of working - and unexpected job opportunities - have improved the career development and satisfaction levels of many former public sector staff who have transferred over to good private-sector employers.
