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...Victorian England’s deeply ingrained social conventions. Elizabeth is one of five Bennett sisters, including the beautiful, eldest sister Jane (Rosamund Pike, “Die Another Day”) and the flirtatious, youngest Kitty (Jena Malone). The five daughters cannot inherit the estate of their father (Donald Sutherland) and as such, have been raised by their histrionic mother (Brenda Blethyn) to focus on securing their fortune through marriage. When the wealthy and “amiable” Mr. Bingley (Simon Woods) moves into the neighboring estate with his friend Mr. Darcy and venomous sister Caroline Bingley...
Topping the list was Donald Ross of Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla., who pulled in $5.04 million in his final year as president. That unusually high figure included $4.5 million in deferred compensation awarded after 34 years of service...
...leaders of a nation which, however much its economic future may be linked to that of the U.S., is certainly not an ally. In the last two months a veritable squadron of top U.S. officials-including Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick, Trade Representative Rob Portman and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld-have visited Beijing, to praise China's economic development out of one side of their mouth, while complaining of Chinese behavior on everything from piracy to defense spending from the other. So far, China's main response to U.S. lectures on the need to open up its political system...
Thank you, Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele, for the superbly written and informative story "The Broken Promise" [Oct. 31] on how businesses are canceling employees' retirement plans. Never have I read such forthright material, stripping away all the spin and directly addressing an economic situation that will devastate all too many middle-class Americans. I appreciate the honest manner in which the report exposed both the coercion of corporations and the complicity of Congress. WILLIAM OVERLY Lancaster...
...world's only set of all stamps issued by the U.S. government during the 19th century; by American bond-fund manager Bill Gross; in New York City. Gross gave the four 24? stamps from 1918, which feature an erroneously printed upside-down biplane, to Mystic Stamp Company president Donald Sundman for the 1? Z-grill from 1868 to complete the collection he has been building for over a decade. The cashless deal effectively values the Z-grill, featuring Benjamin Franklin, at $2.97 million, the price Gross paid last month for the Inverted Jenny block...