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...Context is everything, though, and Letterman has always maintained a public persona as - and I say this with affection - a jerk. Entertainers suffer when their scandals undercut their image (see Peewee Herman), but Letterman has usually kept as chilly about his personal life as he keeps the Ed Sullivan Theater. If you boycotted the work of every heel, liar and philanderer, you'd opt out of much of the creative output of human history...
...Canada's economy may have shown a big job improvement in September, but that has to be seen in the context of losing 210,000 manufacturing jobs over the past 12 months. According to CME, Canada normally sacrifices 25,000 jobs and $1.9 billion in revenue for every one-cent improvement against the U.S. dollar...
Catching crabs is bad in any context, but can be especially so for rowers. For the uninformed, such crew lingo may be startling, but it’s just a sample of what will be heard this upcoming weekend at the 45th Annual Head of the Charles Regatta...
Taking Responsibility Your cover story was very insightful [Sept. 21]. Western conglomerates can increase their sales exponentially by reinvesting tiny percentages of their profits toward savvy corporate social responsibility. However, in Asia's context, companies are lagging behind in the social-responsibility stakes. It's without question that Asia holds the key for the future growth of many corporate multinationals and they ought to invest more meaningfully in community service and social uplift. Imran Maqbool, Karachi...
Ferguson says he gets recognized about once a week, but places his fame in context. “I have a very clear understanding that I’m not famous,” he says, “I’m just a professor who occasionally appears...