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...over revenue from online films and television shows - the same issue that compelled writers to strike for 100 days earlier this year. On Dec. 15, a New York City SAG town-hall meeting devolved into a heated back and forth between union President Alan Rosenberg - who is planning to spend $100,000 of the group's money to lobby for a strike - and many New York-based actors who questioned the wisdom of choosing not to work during a national recession...
...they decided not to gather last night for the election results. “We recognize that there are really two front runners in this election,” James said. “Instead of us gathering our supporters and then giving a consolation speech, we decided to spend more time with our girlfriends.” —Staff writer Ellen X. Yan attributed reporting to this story. —Staff writer Eric P. Newcomer can be reached at newcomer@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Carola A. Cintron-Arroyo can be reached at ccintron@fas.harvard.edu...
...more than six years, but have always made it a point to get out of town regularly sans partner. "My most favorite trips without Rodrigo are the ones I have taken to Mexico for Día de Los Muertos," she says, in reference to the holiday that Mexicans spend paying respect to friends and relatives who have died. The annual trip has become a spiritual pilgrimage of sorts for Rogoff Moraga: "It is something I will never give up and would not enjoy if he went. One of my favorite times was when I was deep in the mountains...
...most recent solo trip, however, wasn't nearly as much fun as the first. My boyfriend and I had made plans to spend a week in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, with another couple. At the last minute, he ran into passport problems that made it impossible for him to leave the country, so I had to go without him. Although the town was beautiful and the company entertaining, I spent most of the week missing him and feeling alternately cranky because of his carelessness in planning and depressed because I was the third wheel on what should've been...
...boss who flees his home turf with a suitcase of cash is, on the other hand, considered a failure and possible traitor.) Of course, power and money feed off each other: Provenzano, for one, never stopped working to acquire wealth for Cosa Nostra, even if he couldn't spend it himself. Despite the blows to its leadership, the organization still generates billions of dollars of annual turnover in extortion, public-works contracts and drug-trafficking...