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...Firestone and Ford revelations remind us once more that corporate greed, short-term profits and shareholder return take precedence over the possibility of death, injury and disability. It's not hard to understand the corporate values and principles of these companies. I wonder what their decision makers take to sleep at night? I would sure like to have some. WALLY PALFREY Westbank...
While indicting corporate welfare and "insane" defense spending, Nader offered an all-inclusive vision of American society, saying that political movements need to be focused on "human need and not political greed...
...also true that Harvard students would be universally condemned for the sheer greed of demanding even more on top of the already-generous salaries business recruiters offer. I imagine it would be similar to the scorn many people have for baseball players, who make more than a million dollars a year on average but still belong to a union and occasionally go on strike. Not fair! Recruiting firms have been exploiting student greed to win recruits for years. If anything, a union would mitigate the pervasive presence of greed on this campus by reminding students that there is more...
...prole performers, and you'll hear the same views expressed in rhetoric that echoes old-time union firebranding. "There's enough money to pay everyone a fair wage in this economy," says Courtney Gebhart, a SAG strike captain who has had to scramble for good gigs. "But corporate greed is trying to kill the middle class. So what do you get? The teachers, the actors, the MTA in California. Everyone is on strike." Gebhart wants to locate the strike in the gut of, say, a wage slave who sees his company making millions while he can't make the mortgage...
...Water Engine provides the same themes of despair, exploitation, and corporate greed as are found in other Mamet productions such as the Pulitzer Prize-winning Glengarry Glen Ross. But don't expect strict realism, or the rapid-fire tough talk for which Mamet is known. Mamet originally wrote the play in 1976 as a radio play for National Public Radio, not for the stage. But director Stephen Benson, making his debut with the Pet Brick Players, takes up the challenge. The set - a radio studio, fitted with old-fashioned microphones - bolsters the theme of communication stressed throughout the piece...