Word: perks
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...Hanley––and for antsy audience members––another perk of “Picasso” is its brief duration. A one-act play, it runs for only one hour and ten minutes. Hanley’s enthusiasm about its length relates to the purpose of Arts First weekend in general...
Tired of the Hobbits of the Shire? Weary of Conan of Cimmeria? Bored of the Bones of Boneville? Perk up! A hero comes to your rescue: Herbert of Craftiwich. Well, he's sort of a hero. Actually, he's a duck, and a rather cowardly one at that. Well, he's sort of a duck, if ducks had arms and legs and wore vests. He's the central character of Joann Sfar and Lewis Trondheim's delightful sword and sorcery comedy series, "Dungeon," a French import, the second volume of which has just been released by NBM ($15). Imagine...
...extra perk, Ezaria will offer free next-day shipping to Harvard students, and is also strongly considering the same deal for students at Babson, BU, and MIT, Shakir said...
...natural for Jeffrey Immelt to reflexively embrace the strategies of his predecessor, storied ber-CEO Jack Welch, who built GE into one of the world's most profitable companies. But Immelt, 48, quickly went his own way, imposing new long-term strategies. When scandal erupted over Welch's perk-laden send-off, Immelt responded by taking a lead role in corporate reform. For starters, he put more independent directors on the board and got rid of stock options as part of his pay. "We know we are studied," he says. "We feel we have a responsibility. A good reputation...
...state house seat vacated by former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, Vitter quickly made a reputation as a loner and political bomb thrower. He peppered Governor Edwin Edwards with ethics complaints, led the successful fight for term limits in the state legislature and exposed a cozy perk by which lawmakers secured Tulane scholarships for favorite constituents. When Vitter won a special election in 1999 to succeed Congressman Bob Livingston, who resigned the House after an adultery scandal, few of his colleagues reportedly showed up at the victory bash...