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...audience reaction.The play opens in the dining area of a boardinghouse in a coastal area of England, and immediately launches the audience into the dull lives of Petey and Meg, its proprietors. The entrance of Stanley, an irritable, washed-up pianist and the couple’s only client, adds to the monotony that typifies the characters of the play. However, the ominous arrival of two men dressed in dark suits—Goldberg and McCann—disrupts the established tedium. They inspire Meg to throw a birthday party for Stanley which ends in violence and mayhem, but ultimately...
...Bastien Baron, 28, client-relations manager First, I'd take a long walk from the Ile de la Cité along the banks of the Seine all the way to the Musée d'Orsay, one of our most beautiful museums. At midday, try the authentic Japanese restaurants on Rue Sainte-Anne, where you can get excellent ramen. Later, for dinner, I'd go to Le Petit Bofinger, tel: (33-1) 4272 0523, at Bastille, just across the way from the famous belle époque Brasserie Bofinger. It's roomy, but not too expensive, with a great wine cellar...
...After picking the right person to talk to - maybe someone in HR but more likely your boss or another manager you peg as particularly sympathetic - make your request in as businesslike a way as possible. If the firm is going to continue to profit from a big client you landed even after you're gone, mention that. It should be worth something extra. If leaving means forgoing certain pension benefits, ask to be compensated in cash. If you moved to a new city for your job and now you'll probably leave, ask the company to pay for relocation...
...also a good idea to bring up any extraordinary hardships you'll encounter by not having a job. Bond, the employment attorney, helped one client, who was due for foot surgery, negotiate an extension of her health-care benefits. Simply asking to keep your company car for 30 more days isn't likely to get you far, but explaining how it's your only car and you don't have money to replace it immediately might...
...Jackson says. "If it's set up for a high-volume and multiple-wire-transfers account, then it won't reveal anything strange when there's lots of activity, like Madoff's account. The only way to stop this kind of fraud is for the bank to know its client better and to report things that might be suspicious. It really comes down to human control...