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...leading-man status. "But I just determined that I wasn't going through face-lifts," he says. "I decided to use my jowls and wrinkles." Maybe more actors should try it. After a slightly slow period in the early '90s, his movie career has heated up. An added bonus: his daughter ANGELINA JOLIE--who can be ogled in Playing God--may now safely assume the mantle of family sex symbol...
...those subtle folks at 4AD, "this collection shows why the Pixies were one of the most respected, acclaimed and influential rocks bands of the late 80s and early 90s." Well, they were that, but this collection sure doesn't show anything beyond a minimal repertoire. The only added bonus of the second disc is that it contains a single song not included on the Pixies five former releases, "Into the White." On the other hand, this song sounds like it could fit seamlessly into a Breeders album, past, present or future. At least the "Wave of Mutilation" done on this...
Last week, it was revealed that Professor Hilton A. Salhanik, now of emeritus status at the School of Public Health (SPH), was given a bit of encouragement on the path toward retirement. That encouragement came in the form of a $250,000 bonus, paid to him in 1996 by then-dean Harvey Fineberg 67, on the condition that he relinquish his full-time position. This use of a financial incentive to encourage a professor's retirement has caused quite a bit of controversy in the ranks of the Faculty. One SPH professor called the practice "morally wrong." However, we believe...
...administration has degrees of freedom in pushing people out. It's partly the carrot, partly the club," Levins says, with the retirement bonus being the carrot and changes in space being the club...
Though the size of Salhanick's bonus turned heads across the University, it is important less as a specific case or an indicator of future policy than as an indication of the many tensions confronting an administration eager to be on the cutting edge and older professors hoping to continue their lives' work.Provost Harvey V. Fineberg '67 says the School of Public Health's retirement incentive policy is designed to reflect the individual circumstances of each professor...