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...most actors were signed to seven-year contracts. They had no control over the movies their bosses told them to appear in, and were loaned out to other studios, like leased cars or chateaux or cattle, with their employers pocketing most of the gelt. And in the rare instance of actors acting up, they got slapped down...
...between HCL and several other libraries who have had maps stolen from their collections by map thief E. Forbes Smiley III.Federal authorities were also present at the meeting at Yale University, which was held to determine ownership of the 97 maps that Smiley has admitted to stealing over a seven-year period.HCL Director of Communications Beth S. Brainard said that the meeting was positive and productive, but that the libraries agreed not to comment on the meeting’s proceedings. Harvard will not announce whether it will hire an investigator to determine if Smiley took more maps than...
...officials believe a crash in fish stocks would impact many towns and villages. At the same time, the E.U. is trying to save fish by coaxing fishermen into other professions. After years of political wrangling, the European Commission agreed last month on a €3.8 billion, seven-year program to help fishermen shift into other industries. E.U. funds currently help fishermen retire at 55 and pay to train them for new careers in tourism. Whatever the economic incentives to change their ways, in many small towns there is a sense of a way of life passing away - often yielding...
...officials believe a crash in fish stocks would impact many towns and villages. At the same time, the E.U. is trying to save fish by coaxing fishermen into other professions. After years of political wrangling, the European Commission agreed last month on a €3.8 billion, seven-year program to help fishermen shift into other industries. E.U. funds currently help fishermen retire at 55 and pay to train them for new careers in tourism. Whatever the economic incentives to change their ways, in many small towns there is a sense of a way of life passing away - often yielding...
...Journal of the American Medical Association (J.A.M.A.) about the health effects of carrying around all those extra pounds. Researchers looked at health data from more than 90,000 older women--some of normal weight, some obese and some morbidly obese. They found over the course of the seven-year study that for white women, being obese rather than of normal weight was linked to a 12% greater risk of dying. Women who were at least 100 lbs. overweight, however, had an 86% greater risk of dying. Other racial groups showed similar links between increasing body size and death rate...