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...Lowdown: Not only persuasive in its argument that Victor Fleming was one of the unsung titans of his era, An American Movie Master also makes for a fascinating case study in how power was acquired, wielded and lost during the 1930s and '40s. Fleming knew the score as few did, working his way up the ladder to take control of some of the most ambitious, unwieldy and risky epics in movie history. For readers with a limited knowledge of the movie industry, its transition from silents to talkies, and the rise of the big studio picture, Sragow's thorough scene...
Some compromises have been proposed, such as one put forth by William Gould, a former Clinton appointee as head of the National Labor Relations Board. Gould suggested keeping the secret ballot but reducing the extensive delays in holding such elections. "Gould's proposal eliminates the politically most potent argument against the Employee Free Choice Act, that secret-ballot elections supposedly better represent the true preferences of employees than do signed union authorization cards," says Gregory Saltzman, professor of economics and labor management at Albion College in Michigan...
...when politicians, bankers and bureaucrats in Asian countries thought that certain large enterprises were simply too important to go bankrupt, no matter how miserable their performance. The resulting unemployment would be unacceptable, the impact on the financial sector and economic growth too great. That, in effect, is the same argument being used today by supporters of a government rescue for the cash-burning U.S. auto industry. The consequences of allowing a manufacturing giant like GM to collapse would, their thinking goes, be too onerous for an economy already in recession to stomach. (See the 10 worst business deals...
...idea of a seasonal injection or two, but if slow-release naltrexone works as well as it does, does this call the value of the daily doses into question? When you're dealing with patients who are struggling with as powerful a temptation as alcohol, is there any argument against a treatment that requires them to reaffirm their commitment just 12 times a year instead of 365 times? "No argument at all," says Rosenbloom. If you're battling alcohol addiction, that simple answer may be the best holiday gift...
...would be one thing if Republicans were listening to me and going down in flames, but they're not, and they haven't for the longest time.' Talk-show host RUSH LIMBAUGH, calling Powell's argument "incoherent" and accusing him of being a "turncoat" for supporting President-elect Barack Obama...