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...have a different sense of what a person is saying," says recruiting manager Christa Foley. Now, instead of flying out 20 finalists for a job, the company first screens with Skype and then brings in only the best two or three candidates. (See 10 ways Twitter will change American business...
...Silva told the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as it gathered in Copenhagen to select a site for the 2016 Summer Olympics. "It is Brazil's time." The IOC agreed. On Oct. 2, Rio de Janeiro beat out First World metropolises Madrid, Tokyo and Chicago to become the first South American city to host the Games--sparking a deafening celebration on Copacabana Beach to rival the city's annual Carnaval bacchanal...
...Olympic Stadium, where track-and-field events will take place--don't meet IOC standards or will require extensive renovations. Nearly 20 will need to be built from scratch. Cariocas, as Rio's residents are called, are still reeling from the final bill for 2007's much smaller Pan American Games, which ended up costing the city 10 times the original $177 million estimate. The 2016 Games' $14 billion budget includes a $427 million Olympic Village for athletes, but lodging and security for everybody else are still question marks: Rio is short on hotel rooms, and the city's homicide...
...scene—Macbeth’s murder of Lady Macduff—is one of many haunting situations found in “Sleep No More,” the surreal theatrical experience presented at the Old Lincoln School in Brookline by British theater company Punchdrunk and the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) through Jan. 3. More than a simple show, “Sleep No More” is an enthralling multi-sensory experience, an opportunity to step into the liminal space between theater and reality and enter the terrifying, mysterious world of “Macbeth?...
Universities took special notice when, in his inaugural address, President Obama called on all citizens to commit to a cause greater than themselves. The president observed that the price of freedom is “a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world; duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly...