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...seem to know each other. A piano is conveniently located in the back—probably to make the room seem inviting. Really, it functions as a reminder of just how wealthy the Club is (used to be?). Points to whoever is first to pound out a gut-wrenching rendition of "Chopsticks...
...were on I-95 and it was late in the day. The sun is coming through the car window and it's on her and I'm looking at this beautiful child whom I just adore and I thought, "I have to let her go now." That's gut-wrenching, but it's really an important realization and I think parenthood ends up being little periods of letting go. But the big letting go - that question necessarily involves [asking], "Do I own my child?" And that's Ellen Gleeson's quandary. (See the top 10 graphic novels...
...started to write a column - I guess I'm going into my third year - for the Philadelphia Inquirer and I've learned so much about the business. As you know, it's a really interesting business, particularly in these times. The code word is challenging but it's really gut-wrenching, and those of us who love the printed word wherever it appears worry for its future. So it was interesting to have a heroine who is under a great deal of personal pressure at the same time she is under a great deal of professional pressure. (Read "Law-School...
...this gut-wrenching downturn, the Germans and the Japanese are no longer alone. "It's happening a lot," says Raymond Torres, director of the ILO's International Institute for Labor Studies. "People are trading off their jobs for wage cuts and other measures." There's even some anecdotal evidence that it's starting to happen in the U.S., where companies have traditionally not hesitated to lay off staff in a downturn; last month the New York Times announced a 5% pay cut for some of its staff in return for extra vacation days...
...intriguing to me that so many find the opposition to Obama incomprehensible. My gut reaction to this dissent was disbelief: Notre Dame affiliates had a lot of nerve to protest the president’s appearance as I searched Matt Lauer on Wikipedia and prayed that I might still catch a glimpse of Michelle Obama (and her phenomenal biceps) at commencement. I can only hope that Steven Chu is equally toned...