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...dream will come crashing, if Natalie (Anna Kendrick) has her way. Fresh out of business school, with a psychology minor, she sells the company president (Jason Bateman) a scheme to save millions of dollars in air and hotel bills: just fire people from the home office, over a picture-phone device like iChat. Ryan is stricken. Natalie's plan threatens not his job - he can stay in Omaha, Neb., and make the kill calls - but his way of life. No more first-class treatment; no familiar salutations from hotel clerks and flight attendants who are his equivalent of friends...
...words, the South Carolina Republican was transformed into a national political figure (if only briefly), loathed by Democrats and rebuked by fellow Republicans for defying tradition. At the GOP leadership's behest, Wilson called the White House that night to apologize. Heavy volume knocked out Wilson's website and phone lines the next day, and his Democratic opponent, Rob Miller, reported $400,000 in new contributions in less than 24 hours (one hastily created website, blasting the Congressman with the title "Joe Wilson Is Your Preexisting Condition", included a link to donate to Miller). But to the reform plan...
...former employer, claiming it forced him out after he blew the whistle on its misconduct. "Their goal was to maximize their profits, provide a fig leaf of security at the embassy and pray to God that nobody got killed," he told reporters Sept. 10 in a press conference by phone from Kabul, where he is working for another security firm he refused to name. Gordon added that employees and managers were allowed to "frequent brothels notorious for housing trafficked women," activity about which the company allegedly misled the State Department and Congress. Wackenhut Services Inc., the Palm Beach Gardens...
...there, Quad residents -- Shuttleboy, your much needed travel companion, now has a talking version available for call. Of course, those of you who have mastered text messaging may not want to try the slightly more time-consuming phone call. However, since Shuttleboy's text messages have been dishing out error messages instead of shuttle times of late, you might want to pay attention...
HUDS has also been enacting policies to prevent the flu from spreading in dining halls, according to an e-mailed statement released by HUDS spokeswoman Crista Martin. Martin could not be reached by phone for comment...