Word: creeks
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Still, there's little doubt that in his small way, Oberst is a big talent. Major labels have been desperate to sign him, though Oberst (who founded his own label, Saddle Creek) has resisted on the quite correct grounds that they would force him to stick to writing heartbreaking love songs (preferably ones that could be sold for romantic-comedy sound tracks). Oberst deserves some credit for clinging to his idealism. He deserves even more for making sure his new albums are sold separately...
...that restored sales, morale and the No. 1 position. But in November, Gutierrez was poached to take over the Commerce Department, leaving board member Jim Jenness at the helm of Kellogg. The question is whether Jenness, who has never held an operational role at the company, based in Battle Creek, Mich., can successfully follow a star CEO and keep the ball rolling...
...Thomas' four-day Tarkine Trail ($470, including gourmet organic meals, transport from Hobart or Launceston and tent accommodation) skirts the ridge above the magnificent Eason's Creek, before plunging into the wooded gorge. It took Thomas more than 100 days to pick out the trail, following animal tracks that zigzag through giant ferns across the forest floor and following the natural contours of the land?a practice that reflects his commitment to causing minimum disruption to the environment. Along the way, walkers encounter the Tarkine Falls?a majestic, three-tiered wall of water, partly veiled by fern?and the magical...
Standing inside Mule Creek, Schwarzenegger declared the state's entire prison system "broken." He lashed out at the wall of silence that he said prevented guards from speaking out about abuses committed by their co-workers. "We won't stop until we tear down the whole wall and see it on the ground in a pile of rubble," he said...
...cuts. And he has not been the cost slasher he promised to be. For example, after vowing to take back $300 million in pay and benefits promised to the prison guards, Schwarzenegger was bargained down to $108 million in savings for the state. (And despite his pledge at Mule Creek, he has done nothing to get guards to testify about abuses in the prisons.) In the coming year, the Governor's team promises to carry out some of the 1,200 proposals to streamline state bureaucracy that were set forth in a statewide review ordered by Schwarzenegger. They included...