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...much more than cross their legs and hold. At last, a revolution blooms when an old man is apprehended for publicly relieving himself and banished to Urinetown, a restroom that evokes Orwell’s Room 101. The remainder of the play indiscriminately parodies corporate greed, dreamy ideals, musical clichés, and everything in between...

Author: By Erin F. Riley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Urinetown’ Brings Satire to the Bathroom | 11/4/2007 | See Source »

...pension payments absent of Upshaw’s pressure. Second, the league continues to make bucks off the names and feats of vets; it sells memorabilia, shows old film on ESPN Classic, and maintains the Hall of Fame.The retirees’ case against the league is one against pure greed. This year Gene Upshaw will make $6.7 million—the highest salary for a union official in American history. At the very least, the NFLPA should push management to allow disabled vets access to full pension at an early age. Disabled veterans should be able to provide for their...

Author: By Raúl A. Carrillo | Title: Weak Coverage | 11/4/2007 | See Source »

...year that the sexploits of Jimmy Swaggart and financial hijinks of Jim Bakker gave televangelism its reputation for sleaze. But while the allegations in the suit certainly meet Swaggart-quality standards of salaciousness, the causes of the university's fall may owe more to mismanagement than greed or negligence, suggests John Schmalzbauer, an expert in Christian higher education at Missouri State University. Unless some party siphoned off "massive multimillion-dollar diversion of funds over 25 years," he says, "I think the causes must be deeper and more structural...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oral Roberts to the Rescue? | 10/27/2007 | See Source »

...madness! We've been destroying our planet's environment by overusing fossil fuels-, and the resulting melting ice has made even more fossil fuels accessible. Universal greed for profits regardless of further consequences will be our doom. At this juncture, I'm ashamed to be part of the human race. Leah Epstein, Golan Heights, Israel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 10/18/2007 | See Source »

...Arctic will be owned by the new species that will evolve after the speedy extinction of the greedy human race. The dinosaurs did not have a choice, as a celestial accident put them to rest. But the human species is accelerating its own demise, and for what? Sheer greed. Instead of worrying about the perils of global warming, nations and corporations are eyeing the benefits that arise out of it. The new and more intelligent species that should evolve after our extinction will have the impossible task of figuring out why humans were lost to corporate bottom lines. Jagmohan Rathi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 10/18/2007 | See Source »

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