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...that early-December period when the elves and gnomes of the critics groups assemble - weeks before some of the pictures they're honoring are released - to stuff stockings with their favorite films and performances. The past week has seen winners named by four critics' groups: the National Board of Review, plus reviewers' guilds in New York, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. This morning the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a rather different species of bird, announced its nominations for the Golden Globes, the televised gala it will host on Jan. 11. (Last year's bash was canceled because of the writers...
...best way to describe the discussion is 'spirited,' " McConnell told reporters outside the Senate chamber, adding in an e-mailed statement, "On a bill this critical, with so much taxpayer money at stake, we cannot rush this through without adequate review...
Richard Corliss states in his review of the movie Defiance, "Not all Jews under Hitler's boot were passive victims" [Dec. 8]. Almost all of Hitler's Jewish victims were civilians with families. They had no army, let alone guns, and were often betrayed by their local government. The vast majority had no chance to fight and nothing to fight with and probably thought they would live to see their families again, not knowing what evil awaited them. Calling them or any defenseless people "passive victims"--even to refute such a notion-- is ignorant, rude and insulting. It would have...
...committees as publications find the pool of advertisers shallower and formerly robust corporate sponsors pull out of events they have traditionally funded. However, while it is necessary for the UC to be more judicious with its funding policies and financial management, it is equally essential for student groups to review their own operations conscientiously to help ensure that the UC’s limited budget caters to the interests of everyone...
...which the Wolves were involved - and forced the real gas company to purchase it from them. There's also the state auditor who stole $1.5 million and used it to buy two planes, four cars and three homes before spending six and a half years in prison; the Prison Review Board member who voted to free notorious mobster Harry Aleman in exchange for getting his son a Las Vegas singing job; and the city employee who ran a heroin distribution ring out of Chicago's Department of Water Management. In Chicago's Hired Truck Scandal of 2004, trucking companies...