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...somewhere, but it should really be stored in a cool, dry climate,” said Coffey. Amy J. Sloper, Assistant Film Conservator at the HFA, emphasized the importance of storing film for future use. “Film is the most stable medium. Even if you copy it onto VHS or DVD, you should keep the film because you can always go back to it and get it copied again. But if you only have it on DVD, once the DVD is corrupted, the information is gone,” she said. In the future, the organizers of Home...
...McCain’s runningmate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, has opposed federal funding for embryonic stem cell work since before she broke onto the national stage...
Recruiting season typically heats up at the end of October, as smartly-dressed company reps fly in to dangle the big numbers that quickly lure spreadsheet-crunching MBAs onto the lower-rungs of their corporate ladders. And even in the current environment, some students are winning lucrative posts. At Rice, a student who fretted his full-time offer from Lehman Brothers would vaporize when the Barclays takeover was announced got a call that same day saying his offer would be honored. That's the exception, though, says Fuehne. "Many of our students who interned in banking did not receive offers...
...they do continue to sell themselves. In early October, Smith was one of nine CEOs who signed onto a newspaper ad touting the benefits of credit unions. "We are financial institutions without shareholders or Wall Street investors," the ad read. "The credit unions of Oregon are owned by 1.4 million regular people - Oregonians just like you." Says Smith: "It's very unfortunate what's happened in the banking industry. There are a lot of good people hurting. But from our standpoint, it does give us an opportunity to say we're here. And we're still lending...
...foreseen.In its plot and construction, the novel encompasses a great deal. The spin and swirl of an era of infinite possibilities and insufficient reason come through, as do the twin intoxicants of opium and love. Customs dissolve, hierarchy crumbles, social worlds collapse, and all of the wreckage tumbles onto the deck of the Ibis. The virtue of the novel, as opposed to the history, is in its ability to dramatize that tumbling on every level, down to the word itself. The best novels convey the essence of their story in any single sentence.While Ghosh has a capacious imagination...