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Celtics fans: you're lucky they're not young whippersnappers, dingbats in their 20s seeking the stats for an insane contract. "When you are young, you are trying to secure yourself," says Pierce, 30. (Read: Just give me the damn ball.) "You look at us three--we've made millions of dollars. We've won tons of awards. So we look at each other and say, 'Hey, what's left to do?'" Allen is 32, Garnett 31--old enough to buy their own team yet young enough to still score at will...
...Writers' Strike? On Feb. 13, screen- and TV writers resumed work after a long strike that cost the Los Angeles County economy some $3.2 billion. Unions tentatively agreed to a three-year contract that, among other things, gives writers a piece of the profits from new media like Internet streams and downloads...
...Only about two-thirds are proficient,” he said. Criticized by committee members in the past for a “test-oriented” and “autocratic” approach to school policy, Fowler-Finn—who had his superintendent contract renewed by a close committee vote in January—suggested a provision to encourage creativity in school curricula. “Our school system must take advantage of the creativity of teachers and principals,” he said. “There are going to be $5,000 grants available...
Three hours into the meeting, the negotiating team was still answering audience questions about the contract. "You're talking about complex calculus," says Karen Barna, writer of Step Up 2. "Writers aren't all that business-minded. We have people for that...
...capable of conjuring them. His greatest creation is Diane. Acid-tongued and relentless, she is single-mindedly driven to purchase the rights for a play in which Mitchell will (heroically) portray a gay man. Her willingness to verbally abuse all comers into submission until the terms of the contract read “in perpetuity through the end of time” is representative of a character that is shallow, but delightfully so. Keiller’s performance is masterful; her character is in total control of her huge catalogue of barbs and imposing enough to silence the background music...