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...particularly galling to the United Auto Workers (UAW) that, in addition to numerous rounds of layoffs and givebacks dating back two decades, the union is being cast as the enemy in the U.S. auto industry's fight to survive. "Our contracts with Chrysler, Ford and GM represent only 10% of the cost of assembling of a vehicle. But most days, it seems like we get 110% of the attention," said UAW president Ron Gettelfinger in a recent speech. In the wake of GM's most recent quarter, in which the company lost $9.6 billion - $30.9 billion on the year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The UAW Fights Its Image as the Villain of Detroit | 3/1/2009 | See Source »

...national sensibility. It features pastoral and water imagery which is reflected in the fluid, symmetrical movement of the dancers, as well as the effective costume and design choices. The curtain is drawn to reveal a stylized woodland scene. White curtains set off the deep emerald green background, and the cast of female dancers, in their long green tulle skirts, match their environment perfectly. The first half focuses on port de bras, with the dancers dividing into pairs and mirroring each other, again emphasizing the dreamy, aquatic nature of the piece. The formal nature of the movements is perfectly articulated, quietly...

Author: By Catherine A Morris, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Boston Ballet Dances 'Jewels' | 3/1/2009 | See Source »

...answer is that creationists in the United States are better organized and more effective at controlling the debate, taking advantage of some admittedly confusing aspects of evolution to cast a shadow of doubt over the whole field...

Author: By Adam R. Gold | Title: Not the Year of Our Lord | 3/1/2009 | See Source »

...Family Reunion”), Tyler Perry has here subordinated the storyline of his most interesting alter-ego to a far less compelling central plot.Like Perry’s other Madea movies, “Madea Goes to Jail” has two sets of characters: a regular cast that consists of her extended family—a recognizable bunch from the director’s other work—and a novel cast of young and attractive characters whose lives are facing hardship. In this latter plotline, Joshua (Derek Luke, “Friday Night Lights”), an assistant...

Author: By Roy Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Madea Goes to Jail | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

...smiled at everyone as though he’d seen all of them as children once.” Dressed as a janitor on a bus, he says, “Come with me,” but Joon refuses. Joon’s transient lifestyle provides a colorful cast of characters that distinguish different portions of her life. Unfortunately, Mun’s characteristic lack of subtlety seeps into these portrayals as well, and the characters are painted in broad, vapid strokes. Though Joon painfully recalls being taunted with racial slurs as a child, she views her multiracial peers...

Author: By Roxanne J. Fequiere, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Mun's Bronx Burns, Obscures | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

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