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Most recently, the Super Bowl has been a Valhalla for the graying gods of rock 'n' roll: Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, the Rolling Stones and Prince have all been trotted out to fend off the annual halftime bathroom run. This year's headliner will be Bruce Springsteen. The Boss is keeping his set list under wraps, but it's a pretty safe bet his nipple won't make an appearance...
...most are worried about keeping their jobs - so much so that some are afraid to leave the office even when supervisors are telling them to scram. A financial administrator for UMC who asked not to be named says her boss still goes to the office every day despite the directive to work a four-day week. "He's afraid working less hours will make it look like his job is too easy - which would make him more dispensable." She says she will probably skip her annual overseas holiday this year out of fear she'll be replaced. "People used...
...software engineer. "I have been with Satyam for 10 years ... I feel a certain affiliation to the organization. But I also worry about my future." On Jan. 15, several hundred Satyam employees gathered outside Chanchalguda prison in Hyderabad, where Raju is being held, to express support for their former boss. Indian corporate culture has long been grounded by an unspoken bond between workers and management that is based on loyalty and an employer's sense of responsibility for his charges...
...come into play on every issue. But across a wide spectrum, Cheney's voice was often the last one Bush heard on hard decisions - and as a result, the one that mattered most. Cheney exerted his influence on the selection of key members of Bush's Cabinet (Pentagon boss Rumsfeld and Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill). He moved early in the Bush transition eight years ago to put his own people at key choke points in the Pentagon, on the National Security Council and elsewhere. And his own staff, particularly his longtime aide David Addington and former chief of staff...
...illegal immigrants from France in 2008 - a rise of nearly 29% over the previous year. In doing so, Hortefeux surpassed a deportation quota of 26,000 Sarkozy had set for him. Leftist and centrist opponents of Sarkozy's policies note that Hortefeux's announcement came just hours after his boss's explanation in Nîmes that a museum of French history will "reinforce national identity". (See pictures of the Pope visiting France...