Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...recent shutdown of Harvard's--and the nation's--only low-level waste dumping site has spotlighted the situation...
Despite a delicate performance throughout by Nell, despite the fine quality of Bellon's work at the technical level, the film is finally smothered under the weight of these feminist bromides. One leaves wondering if, in fact, there is any thing original or illuminating left to say about the causes and consequences of rape, whether it is now possible to go be yond talk-show rhetoric. It seems ironic that all one can honestly praise in this movie is its powerful depiction of the crime itself rather than its insights into a world where rape is a tragic commonplace...
...wholesale prices rose 1.4% in September, an annual increase of 18.2% and the highest jump in almost five years. That probably foreshadows a further rise in consumer prices, which are already growing at a 13% rate. The week's only good news: instead of rising from its August level of 6%, unemployment dropped in September to 5.8%. But many economists believe joblessness will still increase sharply in the months ahead as the recession bites deeper...
Many companies are searching for ways to make their benefit packages more cost-efficient as well as more satisfying to employees. One innovation is the "cafeteria" plan, which allows employees to select their own benefits beyond a certain level of required medical, pension and life insurance coverage. For instance, a middle-aged bachelor might choose higher contributions to his pension plan in return for reduced medical benefits, which he does not need since he has no family. At American Can, employees can forgo, say, annual medical checkups in return for an extra week of paid vacation. Says Senior Vice President...
Lebow rears his tall bulk up, out of the general confusion at ground level, and almost manages to clear away the smoke Cain's direction pours forth. This is a confident Lear, a rarity considering how many critics believe the role nearly unplayable. Lebow's accomplished command of the Shakespearean line never falters under the unreasonable demands of his role; try shouting "vaunt-couriers of oak-cleaving thunderbolts" sometime, for example, and see how easy...