Word: confrontment
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...disturbingly blithe treatment of sexual assault. Of course, cutting the song would be impossible, while whitewashing the song, as many have done (often substituting the word “raid” for “rape”) would have detracted from the show while failing to confront the issue. Still, a small directorial departure from the otherwise orthodox production to indicate an on-stage awareness of the controversy subtending the number would have been appropriate. “The Fantasticks” is a show that has already begun to show its age—but not necessarily...
...Excuses or no, over the years he's bruised egos with his lack of social skills and his robust negotiating technique. Chancellors always confront Cabinet colleagues over budgets. Brown seems to have ruffled more feathers than most, though Baroness Morris says her frustration was tempered with gratitude: "You're thinking, 'Thank God he runs the economy so well so we have this money to spend.'" Others have proved less forgiving. Former Cabinet colleague Charles Clarke branded Brown a "control freak," while Lord Turnbull, a top civil servant, remarked of his management style at the Treasury: "You cannot help but admire...
Weddings anywhere are famous for the hassle, but nuptials in Iran, where young couples confront the myriad social restrictions imposed by the clerical regime, add unbearable layers of bridal stress. For starters, Iran's Islamic law forbids unmarried men and women to dance together, so the hosts are forced to separate their guests. At a segregated gathering, women can remove their veils and both sides dance among themselves. A less popular option is to hold a dinner rather than a proper reception, as men and women are permitted to have meals in one another's company. But without music, these...
After four months of digging around Siemens, Hershman says he is suffering from dj vu. He compares Siemens' dilemma to General Electric's when Jack Welch was forced to confront similar issues, and he believes the challenge for German industry is much broader. "Germany is now not unlike the U.S. in the 1970s, when there was a host of big corruption cases," he says. For Siemens, the end of the bad news is far from over. As Kleinfeld was making his parting statements, the SEC launched an official investigation into the company. And Siemens conceded that the amount...
...only did Jenkins honorably abstain from lollipop thievery, he also graduated valedictorian from UC Berkeley—“You know Berkeley right? We have more Nobel laureates than you?” He jokes...somewhat seriously. And, in a true, Jenkins fashion, he returned home to confront his former intimidator. “It was simmering with violence,” says Jenkins of the confrontation. “It was wonderful. I reminded him of what he said to me when I was in 6th grade...Time for you to be scared...