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...Tianji Wooden Products Co. Based in Guangdong province in southern China, the company, which exports $10 million worth of toys and children's furniture annually, is like thousands of other small manufacturers that help form the backbone of the country's formidable export-manufacturing machine. But that frame is showing cracks, and all the brains and brawn in the world might not be enough to rescue Tianji Wooden Products. Cheng's costs have gone up 30% in each of the past two years, but competition is so fierce that he can't raise prices. "Our profits are gone," Cheng says...
...Tropical Island,” coupling stereotypically lilting island music with lyrics like “Ring-ding, another one dies / Watching posers scandalize / Trading off their panty lines one day.” Abruptly, “Cannot Get Sicker” yanks the listener’s frame of reference in the direction of woozy jazz, only to divert him again with “That Sounds like a Pony,” a song with John McCrea-like monotone speech-song and the added curiosity of movie-soundtrack strings. “Morning After Midnight?...
...film’s title but also show a thoughtful appreciation for the appealing colors and contrasts created by the mixture of berries, crust, and cream. Wong even creates visual appeal in the remains of a car crash, revealing the dead man’s face through a frame of shattered glass glittering beneath rain and streetlight. Wong also creatively uses motion, both with the camera and the actions on-screen, to set the tone of each scene. A shaky and restless camera introduces the bartender Jeremy (Jude Law). Even as the focus never strays from Jeremy?...
...driver’s seat early, taking advantage of timely hits and Northeastern miscues to jump out to a quick lead. An RBI single up the middle from captain Matt Vance got the Crimson on the board in the first, and after Harvard loaded the bases in the next frame, back-to-back Husky errors on potential double-play balls allowed three runners to come home.But Northeastern chipped away at its deficit, pulling within one in the fourth on a two-run double by DiCesare that concluded a superb nine-pitch at-bat and chased Crimson starter Ben Sestanovich...
Many Democrats insist that prejudice is keeping women and minorities out of politics and business. In this frame, their presidential candidates are appealing. If Senator Barack Obama wins the nomination, racism will recede from the inner city. If Senator Hillary Clinton wins, sexism will exit the boardroom. According to these ideologues, economic success is tied to political success, and one must occur for the other to follow...