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...could go on, but who am I kidding? Critics aren't expected to review Bond films so much as test-drive them. In that spirit, here's a quick rundown, on a scale of 0 to 10. Opening credit sequence: 5 - the usual semi-abstract woman's form, liquid and monumental. The song: 4 - Jack White and Alicia Keys duet on a power-pop number that's tenacious but not delightful. Chief villain: 6 - Amalric, who normally plays underdogs, hasn't the stature of a Dr. No or a Salamanca, but he's got the evil sneer down pat. Bond...
...Where will all this lead? Companies that haven't done so already will likely move even more swiftly toward defined-contribution plans in place of defined benefits, because doing so reduces the potential scale of their future liabilities. The shift means firms will assure you, the employee, of how much they are putting into your retirement fund instead of promising how much you'll end up with. That latter amount will depend on how your investments perform rather than on the scope of your employer's pledge. "When my father was working, he knew what he would retire on," says...
...work “Corrections,” she amassed 300 video portraits of prison inmates and workers, while her 2006 “Vox Populi” project brought together photos from family albums in Sydney, Tokyo, and Norway. She also draws on the large-scale collection of images. This may be a reaction to the contemporary era in which, as she said on Sunday, “much is not being saved.” The current transition from analog to digital photography will likely change Tan’s relationship with the image. “Going...
...This philosophy is hardly new. Abraham Lincoln embraced it when he surrounded himself with a “team of rivals,” putting aside grudges for the sake of preserving the Union. Dwight Eisenhower embraced it when he agreed to large-scale federal investments in the highway system. Lyndon Johnson embraced it when he lost a generation of Southern Democrats by signing the 1964 Civil Rights...
...capital and largest city, Guwahati, according to R.N. Mathur, the state's director general of police. Those blasts did the most damage, killing 31 and injuring 147. The remaining six blasts hit smaller towns in lower Assam, near the Bangladesh border, and were smaller in scale, using explosives left on bicycles and motorbikes. Two of the bombs in Guwahati were set off near government targets: a police station, the office of the deputy commissioner of the state's civil service, but the one that did the worst damage was left under an elevated highway, according to Deputy Inspector General...