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...brings with it some interesting contradictions. Having made a major decision about the course of the rest of my life, I am an adult, and yet this process catapults me back to childhood. After a good five years of being on my own, I find that I have to plead my case with my parents about even the smallest of details. Who knew each of my parents and I would have a strong opinion about which musical instrument should be playing during the procession? Me, trumpet; Mom, flute; Dad, violin...
...writers feel so wronged? W.G.A. members enjoyed a median income of $84,000 in 2000, so they can't plead poverty. But writers say their professional lives are short (finding TV work is tough after 40). They also feel they deserve to swim in studios' new revenue streams like foreign markets and the Internet. W.G.A. president (and ER executive producer) John Wells wants to increase old "bargain basement" residuals (the fees paid for subsequent use of a TV show or movie). And, arguing that it minimizes their contributions, movie writers are also asking studios to reduce the possessory ("a film...
...WANT A WHAT? Raise. And despite a tight job market, good workers can still get one. It's costly to find new hires, so plead your case in terms of you as an investment. List past achievements and anticipate objections. (No extra cash? How about more vacation?) Also, let your boss bring up a dollar figure, says executive coach Lewis Kravitz. It could be more than you expected...
...While some people plead “art for art’s sake,” your work has always had a political message...
...dullard's policy. The apology - one of the more creative forms of human insincerity - has a thousand inflections and subtle uses. It may, for example, be employed as a splendid instrument of reversal. Remember when Bill Clinton went through his apologizing phase? After a time, we wanted to plead with him to make up with Monica and resume the behavior for which he was begging forgiveness - anything to shut...