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...Indiana, however, there is a bipartisan consensus about the state's latest antidropout measure. Shelbyville representative Messer, former head of the Indiana Republican Party, is no stranger to partisan politics, but his strongest partner in pushing for the measure was a liberal Democrat named Stan Jones, who is now the state's commissioner of higher education. The bill they championed had, fittingly, both carrot and stick. Students who drop out before age 18 could have their driver's license suspended or their work permit revoked unless their decision was first approved by a school or judge. But students who found...
Given that controversy hit his last film months before it even finished production, Gibson has been careful to build Mesoamerican goodwill for Apocalypto: two-thirds of the cast and crew are Mexican, and Gibson has donated $1 million to communities in Veracruz state affected by Hurricane Stan last year. Mexican cast members like Mayra Sérbulo, 30, a Zapotec Indian who plays a villager, say they expect some criticism of the film from Mexican nationalists (who also tore into Salma Hayek's Frida), especially since it touches on the raw issue of human sacrifice, which scholars don't believe...
...basis of expected earnings this year, the 25 largest companies in the S&P 500 are cheaper than any other broad section of the market, says Stan Nabi, chief investment strategist at Silvercreek Asset Management: "They now have far more potential than risk." One of Nabi's favorites is Home Depot, whose profits have been soaring and should grow an additional 14% this year. Yet the company's shares sit 39% below their level of six years ago. Other depressed blue chips include Intel, Dell, J.P. Morgan, Wal-Mart, Coca-Cola, Verizon, Citigroup...
...done without the Harvard degree, without the friend of a friend. I don't want to be labeled as a black executive. No. I'm a great executive, and I run a great division. I'm not the executive vice president of the black division of Warner Music. Stan O'Neill does not run the black division of Merrill Lynch...
...think there's a bit of both. What people don't realize is for someone to be a CEO of a FORTUNE 500 company--s___, in the 'hood, we celebrate! Hey, my friend Stan--he's black! Oh, my! Not out of sayin' black people can't do it, but they never had the position before! So it's a celebration, a sort of coming out for a culture. But it's gotten a little too much because then you have people saying he got the position because he's black. We have to get back to the person. This...