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Frederick’s teary eyes traced vaguely over the thrashing bare thighs of Laocoön and his sons, trapped like Frederick in snake-like coils of desire...
...Rafael Martín, the mayor of the town of Alameda de la Sagra, says he's most concerned about the impact of the slump on his neighbors, some of whom are already in difficult circumstances because their mortgage payments have jumped while their shifts have been reduced. "It doesn't just affect the people who work in the brick factories," he notes. "It affects the truckers who transport the bricks, and the mechanics who take care of the trucks, and eventually even the bars where those workers go for a drink. It's like the fish that bites...
Pirate Czar n.--A Cabinet-level job created by the recently signed antipiracy bill to oversee cases of copyright infringement and illegal downloading...
...revealed that business was weakening everywhere, prompting the Dow to regurgitate 700 points. GM is shutting plants earlier than anticipated, idling 2,800 workers; PepsiCo, which reported falling sales in the U.S., is chopping 3,300 jobs worldwide. Demand for Samsung's DRAM chips is dropping. The retailer Linens'n Things is closing its remaining 371 stores, eliminating 17,000 jobs. The NBA is laying off 80 people, citing slower ticket sales...
...soccer field, and back to the communities from which they come in the decrepit housing projects surrounding the Stade de France and other suburban stadia. On Tuesday night, the protest carried a sharper edge, given the fact that the anthem was being sung by Franco-Tunisian R'n'B artist Laam, whose own childhood was marked by poverty and hardship...