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...appeared in plenty of Terminal-or-worse-type fare, usually stepping in from the edge of the frame to provide a memorable jolt of misanthropy or cluelessness that makes the star--be it Jim Carrey (Man on the Moon), Martin Lawrence (Big Momma's House) or Ben Affleck (Paycheck)--appear heroic by comparison. Giamatti finally got the chance to move to the middle of the screen in 2003's American Splendor and 2004's Sideways, and he infused comic-book-writing depressive Harvey Pekar and wine-loving, self-hating failed novelist Miles Raymond with such prickly, ordinary humanity that...
...Poor babies. What's wrong with $100 DVD players and $20 designer shirts? Nothing. But you still need a paycheck to buy them. Critics say that China's low labor costs hit employment elsewhere. Politicians in the U.S. and Europe are threatening to limit Chinese imports if Beijing doesn't increase the value of the yuan and hence the price of its exports. The U.S. last week restricted annual growth of certain Chinese imports, such as cotton trousers, to as little...
...referring them to financial planners, assisted-living facilities, case managers and skilled nursing care. The staff, Bouty says, "is pretty much our age. It's all about getting in there and helping, doing something different and feeling good about what you're doing instead of just working for a paycheck." They knew their target audience was other midlife women: "We are historically and naturally the caregivers in our family ... the majority of our clients are the adult children trying to figure out what to do next...
...works for Shamrock Inc., a booking agency whose employees are strippers like Bambi (her stage name). Bambi doesn’t take home a paycheck, but in her black gym bag, she stuffs the huge pile of ones she has made in tips. Bambi’s grand goals—a degree, some time in the Peace Corps, a family of her own—all depend on those dollar bills...
...fact, the three whistle-blowers—Watkins, Cooper, and Rowley—each served as the chief breadwinners in their families, with husbands who were full-time, stay-at-home fathers. For each one of them, the decision to blow the whistle meant jeopardizing a paycheck their families depended on. While Rowley was granted whistle-blower protection, she still expressed concern for reprisals in her letters to FBI chief Robert Mueller. There are no guarantees whistleblowers do not receive some sort of professional punishment, however subtle...