Word: renewers
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...record, we at the Felicity television series did not fire writer Riley Weston when we "learned she was 32 years old instead of 19, as she had claimed." In fact, a full two weeks before she revealed her actual age to us, we chose not to renew Weston's contract. All our writers are in their 30s or 40s. Had Weston been the right fit for our show, regardless of her age, she would still be here. Next time, if your writer does even less research, he'll be writing complete fiction. In which case he's invited to come...
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's outburst last week -- threatening to renew the intifada and warning Israel "our rifles are ready" -- seemed strange, given that the Knesset was debating a controversial land transfer to the Palestinian Authority. According to a senior aide, however, the chairman's remarks, to a gathering of his Fatah organization, were meant for local consumption only. Arafat, says the official, is furious with the group?s secretary-general, Marwan Barghouti, who has led an anticorruption campaign within Fatah that culminated in an anti-P.A. riot in Ramallah last month. The ferocious rhetoric, says the source...
Hunneman Senior Area Manager Christine A. George said the theater's lease expired, and "[Sony-Loews] didn't want to renew...
...Starr gets his way, a very shortsighted Congress will devour the President. Then the people, in revulsion, will devour the Congress. Empires die; it is only a matter of when it will happen. Each generation has to renew its vigor. DONALD KINGSBURY Montreal...
Extraordinary as it may seem after that display of incredible vulgarity, the club suspended Lowell for two weeks. She took one member to court, and the judge in November 1989 found the man's actions reprehensible but not criminal. When the club refused to renew the Lowells' membership, the couple brought their case to the New York State Human Rights Commission. In July 1992, the commission found the club had engaged in discrimination. Six years later, Lowell is still awaiting damages. "It wasn't a case of whether or not I worked during the week and could only play...