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During her time in Paris, Jardine studied at the Ecole Normale Superieure, a previously all-male institution, but Jardine refused to be treated as a second-class citizen. “She showed up and she wanted to live in the famous dorm, the one where people like Samuel Beckett lived,” says Brian Martin, a Winthrop House tutor and long-time student of Jardine?...
...producer Elie Samaha, a Lebanese billionare with 65 films to his credit since 1995. In almost all of his films, a star is hired to give the production international attention, and then the movie is made with whatever is left of the budget. This system has led to such Citizen Kane-esque opuses as Half Past Dead, Ballistic: Ecks Vs. Sever, and the modern classic Battlefield Earth. It’s that kind of ethos that may be necessary for an auteur like Mamet to attain the status of “box office draw...
Iscayau is a political junkie. She went door-to-door campaigning for former Vermont Gov. Howard B. Dean. She has spoken at “so many” workers’ rallies that she cannot even produce a number. As a non-citizen, Iscayau is not eligible to vote in U.S. elections, but that has not prevented the leadership of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) from taking notice of her political acumen...
...sweet deal--in which Green Mountain guarantees the co-op at least $1.26 per lb. for some of its coffee even though the world price is around 60--also helps the $117 million company position itself as a socially responsible corporate citizen. On 42 of the 100 varieties of coffee that Green Mountain sells in supermarkets, gas stations and offices, it pastes an official seal that reads fair trade certified, proof that it paid a living wage to the growers. "The Taste of a Better World" is Green Mountain's marketing slogan, and its Fair Trade sales grew 92% last...
...common denominator. His long legislative history only shows that he gives serious and appropriate consideration to the complicated individual circumstances surrounding the matters presented before him in the Senate. Instead of mindlessly toeing the party line, Kerry has established his own conscientious position as an advocate of the average citizen...