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...Staffing was the final straw. Nobody replied to their ads for Austrian flower arrangers so they brought in Czech ones instead, making them partners in the business to circumvent a vetting process for foreign workers that can take six months. The authorities quickly swooped in and fined them ?1,500 for illegally employing the florists. Enough was enough. At the end of last year, the two men shut down their Austrian operation just five months after opening the first store. "We were treated like interlopers," says Kodytek, 54, who, with Lenc, lost about ?27,000 in the failed venture...
Sometimes the hardest thing about being Secretary of State is managing relations with 191 other countries across the globe. And sometimes it's just making nice with three or four of your colleagues in the Cabinet. Colin Powell once told his British counterpart, Jack Straw, that intramural squabbling in Washington kept him from traveling. Every time he stepped onto an airplane to fly overseas, Powell said, someone in Washington stuck a knife in his back...
...essay on her tenure at CRLS published in the magazine Phi Delta Kappan, Evans cited this battle with the School Committee—in addition to other actions that she deemed “micromanagement”—as “the last straw,” after which it was impossible for her to continue as principal...
Animal rights should be respected. But there are limits, and many activists have long surpassed them. When People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) launched its campaign comparing animal slaughterhouses to Nazi concentration camps that was the last straw. I have proudly joined the “I Hate PETA” facebook group and never looked back...
...revive his sales, Chen just hiked the prices of beer further. Now, that same Busch Light 30-rack costs $21, and six-packs run higher as well. Though it is in actuality a small price hike, it is in many ways the straw that breaks the proverbial student’s back. I can buy a 30-rack of Pabst Blue Ribbon for $14 at University Wine, and a 30 of Busch for $16. Psychologically, saving five-to-seven dollars per 30 is worth the walk up Massachusetts Avenue. And that’s not even counting the gain...