Word: failed
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N.B.A. executives should fine those who fail to pay their respects to the American flag. Only in this country can one make such a great amount of money for doing something that they love, playing the game of basketball. Abdul-Rauf's refusal seems somewhat paradoxical as the perpetrator denounces his right to free speech while at the same time exercising it. Abdul-Rauf's display shows a great deal about his character; he is a self-interested hypocrite taking advantage of his celebrity status to gain increased attention. I do not ask Abdul-Rauf to love his country, merely...
While some incentives seem to pull in enough new jobs and taxes to recoup the lost revenues, other giveaways fail to do so. The pain is most acute when corporations pocket the money and then cut their work force or defect to a new location. New York City knows the feeling only too well. In a case that still rankles, it handed AT&T $20 million in tax relief in the 1980s, only to see the phone company later disconnect and move most of its corporate staff to New Jersey. Still, the city is frenetically defending its turf with handouts...
...midst of this scramble, some governments are setting up controls to keep the fight from getting completely out of hand. Connecticut, for example, has created "clawback" agreements that require corporations that fail to meet job targets to repay tax subsidies. Minnesota scaled back $620 million in aid to Northwest Airlines after it delivered fewer than 1,000 of 1,500 promised jobs. Washington has also grown concerned. Senator Jeff Bingaman, a New Mexico Democrat, wants the Commerce Department to decide whether companies that receive tax benefits should be required to file cost-benefit analyses and stand behind their job pledges...
Spike Lee never makes a boring movie. With arresting neon credits, video clips and Prince's music, even the beginning makes the audience sit up and take notice. "Girl 6" illustrates the changing tides of hope and despair of a woman who is about to fail in her dream of becoming a famous actress. Instead, she focuses all her concentration on the one thing she can control, her job as a phone sex "telecommunicator...
...home over vacation, I was reminded of the many times in high school when I cringed at the sound of the telephone, fearing the timeless question, "Is Corinne there?" knowing that I would have to guess which Corinne the caller was hoping to speak to. I would inevitably fail half the time, and in typical high school fashion, I was always mortified...