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...half decades ago, his then employer, Occidental Petroleum Corp., cut its traditional defined pension plan in favor of a 401(k)-type system. So instead of getting a guaranteed pension check of $1,308 a month for his 36 years as a full-time, salaried employee, the former chemical-factory worker receives $225 a month from his 13 years as an hourly employee, plus $180.16 a month from a profit-sharing plan Oxy had for salaried employees until 1994. He also has $70,000 left of the money he saved from his tax-deferred 401(k). On the days...
From the casual demeanor of the event’s facilitators to the no-fuss nature of the recipes they prepared, Kolman and Holmberg presented an appetizing introduction to a generally misunderstood way of life. They wisely avoided a pedantic strategy in favor of a more interactive presentation; with inventive takes on classic dishes and snacks, they attempted to dispel the notion of vegan cuisine as hippie, organic food reminiscent of cardboard...
...possible, though, that the committee may have done Obama one favor: the prize may remind him that the person most responsible for his employment status today is George W. Bush. Obama ran a good campaign, sure, but he resonated with Democrats and then with other Americans because he looked and sounded and acted like change. And while the Nobel crowd's fury over Bush may be over the top, it's a reminder that he was a uniquely unpopular leader who left the U.S. in a uniquely lousy situation. Obama was never more popular than he was when...
...pink streaks in her hair and calls Shane "Daddy." (The old joke is that in horror movies, the African-American characters always get killed first. Here they are saddled with such unpleasant stereotyping that being taken out in the first act would seem like a favor.) Dave grudgingly agrees to the loan because he's a mensch but reminds Shane of all the financial trouble he's in. Does anyone bring up those finances when it comes to the bill for Eden? No, because they need Shane and Trudy for comic relief and to make the movie seem less like...
...Whatever you want, at whatever time. On my tab, as chief of state." - Offering to send reporters covering the massacre to Conakry nightclubs, in an apparent bid to win their favor (New York Times...