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Lewis, who is in police custody for an unrelated incident, was wheeled into court in a wheelchair wearing an orange prison jumpsuit. Quinlan is expected to rule on Monday whether to admit Lewis’ testimony in the form of a sealed affidavit he gave to the defense attorneys...
...offshoring a natural process that can be of benefit to all. Cost savings help secure jobs at home by improving competitiveness, the argument goes; and offshoring can boost revenue, stimulate exports and prompt the creation of jobs that generate more wealth than is lost. But even the biggest optimists admit that the effects are wrenching for those who lose their jobs. A few unions are trying to mitigate the impact. One success came in Newcastle, England, where Lloyds TSB bank announced a year ago that it was closing a call center and moving around 1,000 jobs to India...
...noble effort at a welcoming ceremony is undercut each year by the cantor’s hijacking of the traditional tunes we know by heart. In their place, he substitutes unfamiliar and operatic renditions, ostensibly of the specific High Holiday melodies. Now, we’re the first to admit that our Hebrew is far from fluent: much of the Gates of Repentance prayerbook remains a mystery to us. We glance around quizzically at our more devout brethren during services—what is the thing when they bend their knees and bob their heads? But we can recall...
...Ultimately you’re writing and directing movies for yourself and for the future,” he says. “You can’t admit that to the people financing them, but basically if you don’t have those two things in mind, you’re not ever really going to be serious about your work. If all you’re worried about is pleasing other people, you’re not going to have any call left at all.” Plus, Toback is used to labels pinned...
After an hour-long preparation, the actual ceremony can finally commence. Before drinking the tea, the host gives the guest a few pieces of candy to compensate for the very bitter tea, which chado practitioners freely admit is “an acquired taste.” In contrast to the lengthy set-up, the actual drinking of the tea takes a few moments...