Word: recentering
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...best character in the third Ice Age is a shameless rip-off of one of the most tried and true characters in recent cinematic history. Given the rest of the franchise, the limited creativity is not surprising. But what's really frustrating about the movie is how little attention it pays to its youthful audience. Beyond the cliff-teetering physical comedy, which always works - the acorn-loving squirrel Scrat returns, reminding us of the joys of old-fashioned voiceless animation - there is barely anything here that's really meant for kids...
...Langley said he is concerned that there is a "passivity" in the Harvard community about the recent University-wide staff layoffs, as well as the janitorial cuts. But he insisted that "despite what people say, [the cuts] will have an impact on the academic quality of the institution...
...According to a recent University human resources report, 19 staff members out of 59 eligible employees accepted buyout packages at HKS. University spokesman Kevin Galvin has said in the past that the average participant in the University's buyout program had an annual salary of $67,000 and that the reductions were split half-and-half between hourly employees and administrative and professional staff...
...result of these cost-cutting measures and the recent layoffs, "we believe our long-term budget is now sound," Ellwood wrote. He added that "barring any unexpected developments" and excluding normal staff attrition, he does not anticipate the need for further School-wide layoffs...
...woes are a direct result of the regime's refusal to change its outdated economic system. Unlike China's leaders, who linked market-oriented reforms to the Communist Party's survival, Kim Jong Il and his cohorts see economic openness as a threat to their power and have in recent years intensified state control over the economy...