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...deceptive--certain footage was staged and misleadingly edited, it says--it was unable to file a libel suit before the statute of limitations expired. Instead, the company is challenging the ways in which PrimeTime obtained its information. The jury has already awarded the chain $1,402 in damages as partial payment for training costs and wages doled out to PrimeTime's faux workers. The punitive-damage award could be in the millions...
...stage.” This heightened competition put pressure on Shakespeare to write plays that would be recognized above the other companies’ productions. Moreover, Shakespeare was a shareholder of the Globe Theatre—an unconventional position for a playwright of the time. This partial ownership allowed him more control over what shows his company would put on stage. The combination of these factors inspired and challenged Shakespeare, and spurred his writing to be better than it had ever been. Shapiro’s opus comes at a high-water mark for the continuous tide of Shakespeare scholarship...
...blunder. Yet to withdraw our troops now would compound the mistake we made in deciding to invade and would leave an unstable and volatile nation to fend for itself. So what should Americans do? We should support our troops until some sort of muddled conclusion allows at least a partial withdrawal. Ken Reich San Rafael, California...
...blunder. Yet to withdraw our troops now would compound the mistake we made in deciding to invade and would leave an unstable and volatile nation to fend for itself. So what should Americans do? We should support our troops until some sort of muddled conclusion allows at least a partial withdrawal. Ken Reich San Rafael, California...
...short answer, say Chinese officials, is the divide between rich and poor, and especially the growing unhappiness among farmers and other peasants who have been left behind by China's rapid economic development. But this is only a partial explanation. Rather than poverty, it is the farmers' sense of powerlessness that sows the seeds of discontent. The central government has promised reforms that would give farmers more control over their lives. Those promises have been broken by corrupt local officials bent on keeping power and wealth for themselves...