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...learn that High School Musical 3 opened last Friday. (It promptly leaped to the top of the U.S. box office, to the tune of a $42 million weekend take, and was No. 1 in each of the 19 international markets in which it opened.) But it's a rare human who hasn't at least heard of the Disney tween hit, given the passion of its fans and the zeal of Disney's promotion. What began two years ago as a made-for-cable kids' movie about American teens playing basketball and putting on a show has mushroomed into...
...years past, walk-ins were rare at Tracey & Associates, a small employment agency in Providence, R.I. The office sits about four blocks from the downtown foot traffic, and new clients looking for job placement tended to call ahead for information or appointments. But lately people are appearing at the door on the off chance that an in-person cold call will quickly lead to work in an area hard hit by rising unemployment. "All of a sudden in 2008, people are just coming in blindly," says Kerry Tracey, founder and president of the firm. "From brick layers and carpenters...
...connect theory and practice. “I look for people with an ability to function in imperfect situations,” he said. Sarah M. Link ’01 spoke of the necessity to maintain optimism in a job where salaries are small and thank-yous are rare. The afternoon also included a panel on environmental justice and a bike auction that raised $3,200, according to Susan C. Collings, PBHA’s director of development. PBHA-A’s Saturday night award dinner in the Taubman Building honored Los Angeles Times columnist Rosa E. Brooks...
...moralization of finance markets" and "re-foundation of capitalism". Though the most rabid adepts of laissez-faire systems like the U.S. are expected to rebuff such efforts to impose international strictures, Strauss-Kahn's profile as a respected economist and market-friendly leftist leaves him in a rare spot: The head of an international agency about to extend its powers that political and business leaders on both sides of the Atlantic and Asia feel they can deal with...
...village of Andasibe, about three hours' drive from the capital of Antananarivo, borders the Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, a pristine rainforest that remains one of the crown jewels of Madagascar's denuded landscape. The park is full of the rare animals that Madagascar is famous for - the panda-like indiri lemur, Parson's chameleons that blend into the trees, the greater bamboo lemurs, perhaps the rarest primate on the planet. One of the local guides, Marie Razafindrasolo, led me on a tour of the forest, spotting animals that I would never have noticed myself...