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...black-out became laughable: from the sky, presumably, you could see every slate in the roofs, every whited kerb, every contour of the naked winter flowerbeds in the park; and the lake, with its shining twists and tree-darkened islands would be a landmark for miles, yes, miles, overhead...
Employers, in fact, often have legitimate reasons for letting older workers go. A company might conclude that a management shake-up is essential, or a firm with excessive overhead might decide that some high-salaried executives are expendable. Amtrak Lawyer Page Sharp stresses the risks inherent in executive-level positions. "If you want security," he argues, "you choose union jobs. But for bigger jobs and bigger bucks, you've got to be amenable to being wiped out by new management." When presented with such pragmatic arguments, however, juries tend to identify with the employee's predicament rather than...
Rising costs are McDaniel's biggest concern. He tries to keep his overhead to a minimum by working long hours and closely watching the use of energy. McDaniel opens the shop himself at 7:30 each weekday morning and fires up the boiler that makes steam to press garments. By the tune a helper arrives at 8 a.m., McDaniel has already cleaned a 50-lb. load of clothes and hung them on hangers. His wife helps run the shop, working the counter and mending garments; and all three of their children have also worked there...
Technically, the refurbished Metropolitan Center enhances the production. Unlike Broadway where the actors often got lost on the mammoth stage, this scaled-down version of Eugene Lee's foundry set hovers overhead preventing any air from invigorating the denizens of London's sordid slums. Ken Billington's lighting generally succeeds where the score fails by sharply evoking the character's moods. Piercing spotlights heighten Sweeney's agonizing inner turmoil, while a stupefying pinkish orange haze overpowers mottled ground tones to emphasize the community's moral desolation and confusion. Flashes of sunshine intrude briefly, but the furnace's Hellish red glow...
Organizers hope that half the tab for the Inauguration will be covered by ticket receipts for the balls and receptions. But the $4.2 million overhead, including salaries for 400 of the 3,400 Inaugural committee staffers, will be raised from the largest offering of souvenirs ever. A 14-page brochure of commemoratives, mailed to millions of Americans, lists copies of a Frederick Remington bronze at $1,875 per, a porcelain "Nancy Reagan rose" for $650, a set of highball glasses for $35, even pieces of wood from the reviewing stand encased in Lucite for $28. Inaugural auto license plates, valid...