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...awareness for HIV victims,’ but I can understand what they mean,” said George A. Kitovitz ’08. Others were more critical. “It’s a little over the top. They’re using crazy means to draw attention to an extreme problem. It kind of makes sense, but it’s a little disingenuous,” said Nikhil G. Mathews ’08. When asked whether he was going to the Step It Up dance in Annenberg Hall, Goran Lazarevski...
...quick settlement. "It was going to be General Motors' way at the expense of the workers," Gettelfinger said. "The company walked right up to the deadline like they really didn't care." He added, "You can only be pushed so far. There comes a point where you have to draw the line." GM officials, meanwhile, said the talks involved complex issues and the company planned to "continue focusing our efforts on reaching an agreement as soon as possible." Union members said they were prepared for a long slog. "You can't look at it just for today," said another member...
...draw, I was told—what tens of thousands of people were coming to see—as the “movie on the water”: a two hour screening on a sheet of water created by continuously shooting jets in the middle of the lake...
...cash made available to the banks is being put up at a punitive rate, meaning those that access the funds will be charged interest well above the central bank's base rate of 5.75%. And it's hardly a jackpot; banks are limited in how much they can draw on. The cash boost, says David Buik at BGC Partners in London, is "purely symbolic." Besides, Buik says, how much help the funds would have been to a beleaguered Northern Rock is something "we'll never know...
...first sight, these shirts were shocking and even discomforting, and they still are. Is the wearer, you wonder, living with the virus? If so, why would he or she want to broadcast this painful truth to complete strangers? If not, what could possibly be the impetus to draw attention in such a way? Does he or she purport to understand experiences that he or she cannot fathom living...