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...father was a tenant farmer and his mother never learned to write, but Burns read voraciously and managed to secure a fairly thorough education. His family had very little money - when his father died, he left the family bankrupt - which inspired the egalitarian, anti-authority themes that would appear in Burns' future works...
Flowers are placed upside-down in a vase, a mouse drags a dead cat, and laundry is doused by a watering can; a cast member climbs a curtain that appears too weak to hold his weight and another falls into holes that aren’t really there. “Aurélia’s Oratorio” is full of such bizarre moments, which combine to create a poetic and wonderful production. Aurélia Thierrée’s practically one-woman show, written and directed by Victoria Thierrée Chaplin and running...
...nation's famous 35-hour work week, anecdotal evidence suggests most companies are sticking with it. French corporations and smaller firms furiously denounced the Socialist's 1998 work-week reduction, and last year's law change allows employers to force staff to work longer hours. But most bosses appear to have stuck with the shorter week, to avoid disputes with leisure-loving employees, and, it seems, as a useful tool in dealing with the growing economic downturn...
...property at trailer-park prices," says A.J. Khubani, founder and CEO of TeleBrands, another popular purveyor of infomercialesque merchandise. He says his company is buying better time slots for nearly 25% less than it paid in 2007. Commercials for TeleBrands products, which include nail clippers for pets (PediPaws), now appear during The O'Reilly Factor, the most popular show on Fox News...
...Wachtel, the dean at Northwestern, wrote that if masters degree applicants cannot find loans, then the number of masters students may decline. But in areas where students would view a masters degree as a wise long-term investment, graduate school may appear as “a temporary ‘safe haven,’” Wachtel wrote...