Word: membership
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Northwest, the contraction in commercial construction came late, says Eric Franklin, spokesperson for the Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters. "We're at the bottom now." Across a membership of 26,000 in 42 locals in five states unemployment ranges from 21% to 35%. One bright spot: a few big public projects on the horizon, including a floating bridge that will connect Seattle to its suburbs. "It's a mess," says Erlich in New England. "The private sector is dead. We're at the point where we are considering investing money from our pension fund in construction projects. We either...
...wiser pundits who don’t dismiss the movement’s ideas unduly homogenize it. Moderate New York Times columnist David Brooks has characterized the movement as a mere populist surge against “the educated elite.” In truth, about half of the membership has undergraduate or advanced degrees. Most of its members couldn’t be categorized as populist by most rubrics—they want to live their lives as they privately see fit. Their participation in a civic movement is an ironic last resort. Although members are predominantly white...
Conversations on Blippy occasionally revolve around how people should spend less for things. If you pay more than $29.99 a month for a gym membership, expect to hear about it. But more often the comments are pro-purchase. That's especially true when people opt to specify what they're buying on sites such as Amazon, iTunes and Netflix (I like The Office too!). (See 10 ways Twitter will change American business...
...quality of the HFPA membership has risen slightly since the days when it was thought to be a crowd of Beverly Hills florists and valet parkers loosely affiliated with foreign newspapers and magazines. But it remains a group of show business reporters, mostly, desperate for access to movie stars who, once a year, are avid to get free exposure by being on their show. The relationship is one of mutual parasitism, and deeply suspect. Live-blogging Sunday's Golden Globes show on her Deadline Hollywood web site, the asp-tongued industry reporter Nikki Finke wondered, "How many times is that...
...fact, they gave me a Concierge Key membership. So, yes. American Airlines was actually a great partner on the film. They opened doors for us. They got us into the Transportation Security Administration, and they flew in a 757, and we got to shoot...