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...late November, he has toiled about 9 m aboveground on the first derrick erected in Kurdistan in decades - by a Norwegian outfit using a Chinese rig, of all things. From the top, there is a panoramic view of the hills around his tiny village of Tawke, where 30 families eke out a meager living herding sheep. It hardly looks like the location for a major economic boom. "We are poor," he says, sitting on his bunk during a break between shifts in January, when Time was invited for a rare visit to the oil operation. "We have nothing." But that...
...familiar notes are heard. Slowly, the camera pans out from the stage and reveals Kanye West leading the Central State University marching band in a beautiful performance of “Jesus Walks.” The rendition has all the class, emotion, history and feeling West never could eke out of that soul jam, no matter how many times he filmed the video.And this song is just one of the many, many genuinely great moments in Michel Gondry’s ludicrously entertaining new documentary “Dave Chappelle’s Block Party...
...late November, he has toiled about 30 ft. aboveground on the first derrick erected in Kurdistan in decades, by a Norwegian outfit using a Chinese rig, of all things. From the top, there is a panoramic view of the hills around his tiny village of Tawke, where 30 families eke out a meager living herding sheep. It hardly looks like the location for a major economic boom. "We are poor," he says, sitting on his bunk during a break between shifts last month, when TIME was invited for a rare visit to the oil operation. "We have nothing...
...Galluccio had 985 transfers, which partially helped Maher eke out a victory over dark horse DeBergalis...
...because of his personal interactions with janitors. “I’m out here because I’ve talked to janitors in my dorm,” Skinner said. “A lot of them come from underprivileged countries, and they are just trying to eke out a living here. I think that since Harvard is so rich and prestigious, it should set an example for treating its workers well.” Harvard’s wealth and prestige were key reasons offered for the increase in the janitorial wages. One protestor?...