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...becoming clear that the climate of higher interest rates will be the excuse for major changes to industrial relations. Under the banner of productivity, the most vulnerable in the labor market are about to be demonized as greedy or lazy - a kick to the head, a punch in the guts and a slug to the pocket...
...resolution. Without the broad backing of Europe, Washington has little leverage of its own over Syria. The Administration imposed punitive economic sanctions in May 2004 and could ratchet up the bans a notch or two. But international sanctions from Syria's main trading partners would pack a lot more punch. Although the U.S. has recalled its ambassador to Damascus in a symbolic show of displeasure at Hariri's murder, European nations that prefer to engage with enemies rather than isolate them seem unlikely to follow suit...
...comics occasionally acknowledge the theological conundrums posed by a world of Übermenschen). This story delves into what a police precinct would be like with one of the detectives secretly parading around as the Spirit of Vengeance: the supply person who forgets to order a three-ring hole punch has giant holes punched into his body; the guy wasting paper is changed into a giant tree that is cut down by the Spectre; and the whistling postman has his head turned into a giant whistle...
...Hasty Pudding was also Harvard’s first final club. Initiation rites, originally a force-feeding of pudding, became increasingly elaborate. During the 1873 “run,” or punch, the inductees, called “neophytes,” were forced to write long sets of poems and essays, including 50-page comparisons of the relative merits of a classical and mathematical education and another 50-pager on the relationship between chemistry and medicine. Shortly before punch night, the members burned the essays and poems and asked the neophytes to rewrite them...
...silver-anniversary edition, the director has added six fascinating mini-documentaries and three audio tracks with no fewer than 13 commentators (including the film's subject, Jake La Motta, now 83). But the movie stands on its own, undefeated. It's psychodrama with grand-opera intensity and a knockout punch...