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...That's bound to get worse. French Economy Minster Christine Lagarde on Monday said she expected France to suffer 300,000 job cuts in 2009 - a figure independent analysts says massively underestimates the figure they predict, which is closer to 900,000. Speculation is also rising that several central European countries - Hungary foremost among them - may soon need bailing out by fellow European Union members to avoid economic collapse...
...final phase of House renewal, to begin no earlier than 2012. Nelson said the report is the product of a year-long analysis of House life and features an in-depth examination of residential accommodations and academic and social spaces. It also scrutinizes the broader mission of House life. Central to the report is the visualization of what an ideal House should be, regardless of location or cost. The report concludes that the “historic mystique of a Harvard building” should be reconciled with more practical concerns gleaned from student surveys and focus groups, including better...
...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 mesmerizing the viewer. The central piece, “Rubies,” represents the new American style of dance—namely jazz—that Balanchine discovered upon arrival his arrival in New York City. The dancers in this piece are predictably dressed in ruby-red, the women donning the skimpiest outfits...
...church-resistant elderly woman in two other films (“Diary of a Mad Black Woman,” “Madea’s 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...
...often kills thousand of beneficial bats that eat insects, pollinate flowers and even disperse seeds as part of natural reforestation. Blood feeders, on the other hand, are extremely rare - only three out of 1,100 species of bat are vampires, and all are found in Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America...