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...Reading "Stripburek" gives the impression that the Iron Curtain resulted in a kind of comix Galapagos where the avant-garde, poetical and parable possibilities of comix evolved in unexploited splendor. Danijel Zezelj's "Petrified Tree" uses high-contrast, slashing brushwork to interpret a poem by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Lucie Markvartova's "Switch On-Off" builds a story out of all the buttons a finger must push throughout the day. Many pieces are like Wostok and Grabowski's fantastical "Daddy Where Are You," about a little girl who follows Daddy's beard through all manner of obstacles only to find...
...difference between merely giving stock and letting workers shape their destiny, look at the airline industry. In return for lower wages in 1994, United Airlines pilots and mechanics got more than half the company's stock. But life inside the cockpit and at loading ramps barely changed. By contrast, Southwest Airlines employees own only about 11% of the company's stock, but the company works to encourage and implement workers' suggestions, in part through town hall-style forums with top management. While there are other important differences between the carriers, workplace culture is a big reason United posted record losses...
...remember much of the Clinton years, his assertion that the senate Democrats have done anything worse than Republican treatment of Clinton’s nominees fails the laugh test. Since assuming the majority eight months ago, senate Democrats have confirmed 35 district and 7 circuit court judges. By contrast, in 1996, senate Republicans confirmed just 17 judges, none of which were for the circuit courts. Moreover, the reason why Judge Ronnie White was the only Clinton nominee to be defeated by the Republican Congress was because 57 of Clinton’s nominees never even received a hearing. Judge Pickering...
...thing. So beware of confusing the identity of a weekly with the identity of the club itself.) “I’d been to a California-style rave back home, but never one like this before,” said Lehrer-Graiwer. Her statement shows the contrast between the more stereotypical experience of Cali/Go trance raves and the prototype of a weekly drum ’n’ bass rave...
...contrast to his critical view of the Clinton administration, O’Reilly lauded what he described as the tough stance the Bush administration has taken on issues of foreign policy...