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...Pull My Daisy" gives a view of Kerouac from the inside, in his own jumbled form of narration. The feature film complements the shorter work because it looks at Kerouac from the outside--through the eyes of an objective biographer and through those of writers and artists who knew Kerouac best...
...Jewett's shorter," says Cashion
...realities of the new nation for much of the Black population did not come close to Mugabe's pre-election promises. A strike wave rolled through the new Zimbabwe as coal miners, nurses and teachers made such demands as higher wages, shorter hours and better working conditions. Mugabe's response to these events, despite his claims for a better life for all Blacks, was much the same as his conservative predecessors. Worker demands were ignored as the newly independent state quelled strikes and cleared channels for the inflow of foreign capital into Zimbabwe's cheap labor market...
...York dress manufacturer who wildcatted an oil fortune in the Rocky Mountains. The two offer a startling physical contrast: Davis is a 6-ft. 4-in. bear weighing 300 lbs. and fond of enveloping friends in an enormous embrace; Murdoch is trim, 5 in. shorter and circumspect, though cordial, in manner. Both share an aversion to the spotlight, a passion for long working hours and, more to the point, a consuming interest in making their millions beget more millions...
Through there will certainly be some criminals who must be put behind bars, even some violent criminals might safely be dealt with through measures short of imprisonment, or at least through a combination of shorter prison sentences and other post-release measures. Finally, for those now imprison and those whose crimes are so serious that they require incarceration, "good time" laws can shorten the duration of prison sentences and encourage rehabilitation. Such laws provide early release on parole for good behavior in prison with the possibility of reimprisonment for violation of the terms of parole. They are by no means...