Word: slicings
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...what may be the most important week of his presidency. The spin connection was made explicit in the Rev. J. Philip Wogaman's sermon: Dr. King was a flawed man, but his personal flaws are eclipsed by his historic achievements. While the President's lawyers prepare to slice and dice the prosecution's reading of both the facts and the law on Tuesday, Clinton hopes to shift attention to his accomplishments and his plans. His State of the Union address will focus on saving Social Security and on improving education. Spin subtext: Congress may be consumed by an unpopular impeachment...
Kirsch is bucking a bigger trend. In this era of plenty, Americans haven't spread the wealth too far: the percentage of households making charitable contributions has remained unchanged since 1987, and those who do give actually donate a smaller slice of their income (1.6%) than Americans did 30 years ago (2.1%). In dollar terms, though, last year individuals gave a record $109 billion to charity, up $20 billion over...
...BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE For the first few minutes, it seems like a typical slice of Irish local color, full of overripe characters and accents you can barely decipher. But Martin McDonough's extraordinary play, about a mother and daughter testing each other's patience in a bleak corner of rural Ireland, gradually displays an imposing arsenal of playwrighting weapons: a well-made plot that keeps bending in unexpected ways; flashes of sardonic comedy; and a sense of tragic inevitability that Ibsen himself might have admired. Flawlessly performed by the original London cast (three of the four won Tonys...
...Salinas affair has obviously embarrassed Citibank, a proud institution widely admired around the world. But the affair has done more: it has opened a door on the multibillion-dollar profits and potential pitfalls that beckon in a slice of the global banking business little known to the general public--a slice of the business that is growing rapidly, and for which Citigroup and its giant international rivals are competing ferociously...
...result, as we now know, was wonderful new bargaining power. The new revenues went into promoting the game and grabbing an ever greater slice of the entertainment business. "When the networks put up as much money as they did for the rights, they felt they had to promote the game," says NFL spokesman Joe Browne. "And by promoting the game, the game grew." Back in 1960, when the 33-year-old Rozelle accepted the job as NFL commissioner, the combined revenues of the NFL and the franchises were less than $20 million. The NFL this year projects combined revenues...