Word: nickels
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...female, they account for only a third of all management. The women allege the retail chain engaged in unfair practices in the training, payment and promotion of its female employees. TIME contributor Barbara Ehrenreich worked at a Wal-Mart in Minnesota doing research for her latest book, "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America" which looks at the lives of minimum wage workers in America. Ehrenreich sat down with TIME.com to talk about her experience there...
...thrilled that you included the Nickel Creek trio in your report on the next wave in music [INNOVATORS, May 28]. They are indeed in the vanguard of country music, which is badly in need of a shake-up. But what, I wonder, did you mean by saying "Nothing about them smells of bluegrass"? Bluegrass has evolved since Bill Monroe as much as jazz has since Louis Armstrong. It is full of innovative, nontraditional artists right now, and Nickel Creek's musicians are only the most visible among them. CRAIG HAVIGHURST Nashville, Tenn...
BARBARA EHRENREICH'S Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America was published in May by Metropolitan Books
...will be no ordinary bypass. It will be one of the first in the country to replace the surgeon's hands with 2-ft.-long robotic arms. The metallic limbs will enter the patient's body through the narrow gaps between the ribs, cutting holes no bigger than a nickel--a far cry from the usual 6-in. to 8-in. incisions sawed straight through the breastbone. Besides eliminating a can't-miss scar, the robotic approach promises to reduce the trauma to the body, speed recovery and minimize the risk of infection...
...Nickel Creek has been hailed by country fans turned off by the superslick pop sound that Nashville has been peddling in recent years. The band members earned their right to be playful with the form by becoming some of the best players around. They learned their tricks from "newgrass" innovators such as Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer, then went off in search of even sweeter harmonies and trickier licks. Now success is arriving faster than the Orange Blossom Special. Nickel Creek's video, When You Come Back Down, is in heavy rotation on CMT, and its eponymous debut album cracked...