Word: carey
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...everything we buy. The losers are also those UPS workers who will be laid off at some point. The winners are other shipping companies that will get business from firms like mine (I will no longer give UPS all my business), senior UPS employees--and Teamsters Union president Ron Carey. JEFF SMITH Beaumont, Texas...
...suggested that the voiding of Carey's election as Teamsters president is bad news for him [NOTEBOOK, Sept. 1]. But what about the taxpayers who shelled out $22 million to "monitor" that union election--at a cost of about $100 for each vote cast? That is outrageous! If another union election is held, it should be paid for by the Teamsters, not the Federal Government. S. HARDING LINDHULT Hatboro...
...Mariah's (there's no way we're calling her "Carey") new album Butterfly alights on record stores everywhere this week. As usual, Butterfly has its share of both jazzy scores and snoozy bores, but the overwhelming effect of the album is to portray an artist and a woman who has no idea where she stands or who she is: musically, personally, you name it. Mariah, don't you want to be somebody? You've tried on so many different hats...
Which brings us to the most obvious (mis)identity, Mariah as Butterfly. Presumably, the title of the album was meant to connote a metamorphosis, an emergence of maturity from a long period of gestation and development. Sorry, dame. No dice. Mariah Carey needs to follow some of her funkier instincts and drop the damsel-in-distress pose; no one wants another Celine Dion. In the meantime, Mariah needs to slow down, grow up, branch out and create some sturdier, more lasting work. This one ought to be called Mayfly.Photo courtesy of Sony Records...
...Three men who helped elect Teamsters president Ron Carey pleaded guilty to embezzling union funds (Reuters...