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Perched atop a ladder, his hardhat glinting under the spotlight, steel worker Mike Dillard (Michael A. Barron ’11) confesses, “Non-recognition by other people, it bothers you sometimes.” The steelworker’s powerful monologue is the first of many in “Working: The Musical,” written by Stephen Schwartz—the composer of “Wicked” and “Godspell”—and various other artists...
...Shanghai trial of four Rio Tinto executives charged with bribery and commercial espionage concluded on March 24. The Shanghai-based employees of the British-Australian mining company, who were arrested in July, confessed to accepting bribes from Chinese steel companies during negotiations over iron-ore prices. With a verdict expected within weeks, they face up to 15 years in prison. Though Rio Tinto will seek to continue to collaborate with Chinese companies, the high-profile case has shed light on the worsening environment for foreign corporations in China...
...iPhone. The App Store alone has piled up 150,000 offerings in the space of not quite two years, turning the iPhone into a mature mobile-gaming platform to rival Nintendo's DS. The iPad will hold that hill and erect cruelly unassailable fortifications on it. The most interesting steel-cage match this year will be Apple and the iPad vs. Amazon and the Kindle in the e-bookselling arena. I've seen what books look like on the iPad, and I've seen Apple's e-bookstore. The iPad is going to fold, mutilate and spindle the Kindle...
...planned renovations include equipping the space with stainless steel cabinetry to accommodate specimens and greater storage space that would be especially useful for oversized items in the paleontological department. During the move itself, the museum can also rearrange its collections in better taxonomic order...
...prevents most other tracks from conveying diverse or interesting emotions. One gets the sense that she only writes abstractly about problems people might have, as opposed to her actual experiences. “Me and You,” a melancholy yet slightly upbeat song featuring poignant strings and steel guitar picking is one such example. It takes the song’s narrator out of the picture, and focuses on an abstract subject, with Deschanel urging, “You’ve got to be kind to yourself.” Coming from a movie star with...