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...area supervisor for the CHA, accused the City of “taking away the rights of workers.” Anderson, who was carrying a sign, said he was rallying against policies like forced overtime and the elimination of negotiated wages.Without negotiated wages, “if your boss doesn’t like you, you won’t get a wage raise,” said Brenda Downing, a senior property manager for the CHA. “We want fair wages for everyone, not favoritism.”Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves...
...altogether fantastic and unredeemed.The recent events are a scene lifted from Kafka, where an unthinking chimera called the Faculty of Arts and Sciences seizes upon wrongdoings that few outside the academy would conceive of as wrong and then tenaciously holds on, overseeing the two-year-long persecution of their boss for these well-publicized thought crimes and for a cornucopia of unenumerated slights against one too many egos.It is also a realm where that besieged leader, a man thought to be unabashed, suddenly refuses to defend himself. Just as his supporters are itching for a fight where his absurd critics...
...swells the ranks of the ultrarich, weddings have become prime occasions for India's lite to show off their fortunes. Even the most skinflint shindigs run to a few hundred guests, several days of feasts and, occasionally, near bankruptcy for the hosts. In early 2004, for instance, the boss of the Sahara conglomerate, Subrata Roy, flew some 10,000 guests aboard 26 planes to Lucknow, in northern India, for a $128 million double-wedding party for his two sons. "People want to make a statement, present an image," says Vikas Gutgutia, head of the wedding-planning company Ferns...
...thing to rebuff reporters to protect some policy or principle, a right Cheney has asserted many times before. But this time the only thing Cheney was protecting was himself. If Rule No. 1 of damage control is Get the news out fast, the second is Don't embarrass the boss. Breaking both rules at once is a poor idea. White House counselor Dan Bartlett, communications director Nicolle Wallace and McClellan all recommended to Bush's chief of staff, Andrew Card, and his deputy Karl Rove on Sunday, the day after the shooting, that the White House make an immediate statement...
...array of clients at the lobbying firm of Copeland, Lowery, Jacquez, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense. As with most successful lobbyists, it no doubt helped that he was tight with committee members and staff. As part of his new career, Shockey and his firm also helped his old boss raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to help the GOP keep its majority, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune, which first reported on some of Shockey's history late last year. And so, when House Republicans rewarded Lewis, 71, with the Appropriations chairmanship 13 months ago, Shockey was among...