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...economy at the outbreak of Nazism. It is fine to talk about Roosevelt's concern for the people, but it's the truth that he was unable to provide many Americans meaningful employment during his first two terms. His "New Deal" failed to restore the economy despite to disregard for the Constitution...
...libel case. The verdict, which the organization is appealing, casts doubt on the magazine's credibility. In the ruling, a federal court in Boston found that the periodical had "published a false statement of material fact with the knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of its truth or falsity...
...Judson, Purlie's feisty brother-in-law, retains influence over Ol' Cap'n by posing as the stereotypical obsequious cotton-picker. Brown swaggers and staggers through the play's increasingly disjointed action with true comic aplomb, bawling "There's More Than One Way of Skinnin' a Cat" with reckless disregard for his tone-deafness, and applying his sense of dramatic timing to the moments that his cohorts largely let slip...
Negotiators, Fisher tells us, should stick to issues, and disregard personality conflicts. They should focus on each side's real interests, not traditional positions. They should devise new options for mutual benefit. And they should rely on "objective criteria" in reaching compromises. Diplomats--of the household and international variety--who stick to these four rules can present "yesable propositions" to their adversaries, Fisher promises. But Getting to YES does little more than cite endless hypothetical examples showing the merits of those four principles. Obviously, diplomats at all levels should consider their adversaries' interests too; equally obviously, imaginative compromises...
...Lurie rummages there and discovers a boutique of conflicting desires. The career woman who carries both a no-nonsense briefcase and a quilted handbag is sending contradictory signals. The young movie mogul in an $800 sports coat over a J.C. Penney denim shirt advertises his wealth while feigning his disregard of it. A frilly apron worn over a severe black dress announces that a woman is only playing at housekeeping...