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...communicate the importance of ethically made clothing to prospective customers. American Apparel has already found success with its commitment to "sweatshop-free" cotton manufacturing in downtown Los Angeles. Workers, including many immigrants, are paid an average of $12 an hour, can buy affordable health insurance and receive free English lessons. A recent study of the buying habits of so-called Millennials, by Cone Inc. found that 69% of 13- to 25-year-olds consider a company's social and environmental commitment when deciding where to shop, and 83% will trust a company more if it is socially and environmentally responsible...
...site offers the services of nearly 3,000 members, some 40 of whom are willing to help students out of sticky situations. "There's a lot of pressure on students to do well in school and they don't want to dissapoint their parents," says Park Gwang Il, an English teacher in Namyangju, near Seoul. "They are starting to learn that money talks." The going rate for a phone call to a teacher is about $30, while a visit to a school costs about $100. Some kids are even lining up fake parents on retainer, just in case they might...
Fifty homegrown productions, including films like Kenneth Branagh's The Magic Flute and the upcoming Elizabeth sequel, The Golden Age, contributed $290 million. But the real boost came from outsiders, especially U.S. studios, which poured $1.12 billion into filming Bond and Potter as well as non-English creations using the country's locations, talent or technical know-how. That's the level of activity the industry might have expected after a bumper year like 2003 when Bridget Jones joined forces with Troy and Alexander to help generate $2.2 billion...
...English Department Chair and Professor of English Literature and Comparative Literature James T. Engell ’73 declined to comment on the rankings...
...English concentrator Alexandra S. Miller ’07 was not fazed by the results. “Some of my professors have edited the Norton Anthology and are renowned,” she said. “With some of my other professors, I’m not as aware of their output, but...they’re all really intelligent and great educators...