Word: schlosser
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...Chicago theater, to run it. The new venue "struggled for a while" as he remembers, but soon the outlook for Second City - and its brand of satiric comedy - changed forever. On Oct. 11, 1975, Lorne Michaels, along with fellow NBC employee Dick Ebersol and president of the network Herb Schlosser, launched Saturday Night Live, a genre-defining mix of music and sketch comedy whose cast was stocked with Second City alums like Dan Aykroyd and Gilda Radner. In large part thanks to SNL, Alexander says, "comedy became the rock 'n' roll" of the 1970s...
...food comes from and what it's doing to our health and environment. This issue is a huge elephant in a room where everyone's wearing a blindfold. Movies like Food, Inc. never reached mainstream theaters, and only those who really care are reading Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser. Please don't let this issue go. Too many people are oblivious, and until they become informed and horrified, nothing will really change. Jeanne Knight, TYNGSBORO, MASS...
Some Americans are heeding such warnings and working to transform the way the country eats - ranchers and farmers who are raising sustainable food in ways that don't bankrupt the earth. Documentaries like the scathing Food Inc. and the work of investigative journalists like Eric Schlosser and Michael Pollan are reprising Sinclair's work, awakening a sleeping public to the uncomfortable realities of how we eat. Change is also coming from the very top. First Lady Michelle Obama's White House garden has so far yielded more than 225 lb. of organic produce - and tons of powerful symbolism. But hers...
...work still resonates with current issues that need no translation. “The play has a lot to say about race relations and the media,” says Erica K. Senat ’12, who plays the roles of the prostitute Molly Malloy and Mrs. Schlosser. “With the overload of news coverage today, I think it is relevant to see.” The play’s Broadway success and numerous film adaptations can also be attributed to its lighthearted comedy and clever use of language. For Hecht and MacArthur, who thankfully quit...
...which English is the lingua franca. The Spanish-language interface, publicly launched at the end of February, is intended to help connect the Latin American community, according to founders Joshua Kushner ’08, Daniel E. Kafie ’05, and Harvard Business School student Mario T. Schlosser. Even though membership is currently by invitation only, Vostu.com has accrued over 600 members—mostly from Argentina, Peru, and Mexico—since it went public. While it includes features, such as photo albums, event planners, and blogs, common to other social networking portals, Kafie, a Honduran native...