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...bottom-line junkies in Hollywood may look at the middling grosses of Willis's non-hits, and the man's hefty price tag, and conclude that they can do as well with somebody younger and cheaper. But none of today's kids can give an action role the experience, the ingrained grittiness, that he can. There's simply no surrogate for Bruce Willis. As a star and an actor, he's the real, irreplaceable thing...
Elauf, who had experience working in retail, interviewed for a position at a Tulsa Abercrombie Kids store in June 2008. During the interview, she wore a black hijab, or headscarf, in line with Muslim religious tradition. According to the EEOC, Elauf got word through a friend, who worked in the store, that the headscarf cost her the job. The EEOC alleges that during its investigation, Abercrombie & Fitch flatly told the agency, in a position statement, that "under the Look Policy, associates must wear clothing that is consistent with the Abercrombie brand, cannot wear hats or other coverings, and cannot wear...
...education is the heart of the business,” said Gardner, continuing that “education should be a right, not a privilege. If you just can’t afford it, you shouldn’t be pushed to the end of the line.” Arun A. Alagappan, director of the test preparation program Advantage Testing Foundation, applauds Climbing Ivy’s mission to provide confidence and future opportunities for its students. “Long-term test prep is in the interest of society as a whole,” he said...
Today, as I stood battling for my place in the always chaotic Quincy House lunch line, I ignored the “excuse me” calls flying about on all sides and focused on the various messages Harvard University Dining Services was sharing with me. Through table placards, video screens, and posted advisories, HUDS was doing everything it could to save me from getting H1N1 through nifty, cheerfully presented tips. Such tips, however, seem more intended to comfort their makers than they are to actually stop H1N1’s spread...
...game raises its stakes as you sit down to eat. According to tradition (invented right now), you have to dive for cover if someone sneezes in the beverage area. If this happens in the food line, for an extra point, a player can simply turn his head and no-look point to an H1N1 sign. The most difficult maneuver in the game, attempted and unconverted in one try so far, is to read HUDS’s on-table signs about swine-flu risks and then successfully mention “the crook of the elbow” in conversation...