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...Another explanation is that the director has always been better at Crucifixions than at Resurrections. Just as the risen Christ seemed like something of a tack-on to The Passion, Mel may have little interest in how Christian culture might reconfigure either the peaceful village-dwellers' way of life or the bloodthirsty Mayans...
...Penney, based in Plano, Texas, opened 20 stores that same month, most in off-mall locales. Both companies have plans for a lot more: Penney, which operates 1,037 stores, has announced that it will open 50 stores annually through 2008, while the 817-store Kohl's intends to tack on 400 stores to the chain by 2010, some inside urban malls. The company has also said it will remodel at least 40 older stores by the end of 2007. But Robin Lewis, a retail consultant and newsletter publisher in New York City, says Kohl's will grow sales faster...
...walking off jobs, going on strike and joining unions. In the past, unions used to regard immigrant workers as the enemy, saying they depressed wages, took jobs and agreed to work without benefits or contracts. Now, with the large influx of Latino immigrant workers, unions are taking a different tack - moving to organize this growing work force by learning to speak Spanish literally and figuratively...
...apocryphal fountain of youth may not exist, but there are ways we can learn to live longer and better lives. On the web, online life expectancy calculators can give users tips on healthier living that could help them tack on a few more years...
...semi-secret organizations,” quipped Wong, who described his campaign strategy as a “roll-out approach.” Hwang reported plans to buy matching red jumpsuit uniforms emblazoned with large dollar signs for his ticket’s staff. Taking a more conventional tack, Hadfield said his goal is “to run the most professional campaign that any student government anywhere has ever seen,” and added that key parts of his strategy were to have the biggest banners and the best Web site. Hadfield, also a Crimson editorial editor...