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...globalization, he said, "trade and investment [is] a two-way street." Industrialist Venugopal Dhoot, who heads the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India, told the Press Trust of India that Orient-Express had shown "arrogance toward one of India's most respected business houses." The discriminatory tone of Orient-Express's letter was "close to racism, barely camouflaged in the language of branding," opined an angry editorial (entitled "Racism Can't Halt Indian Takeovers") in India's Economic Times. The days of "white supremacy are disappearing rapidly, and white brand value with it," the piece went on. "When...
...Kiebdaj said she noticed this same deterioration in the office, saying that the tone changed between the time of her acceptance, in April 2005, and the time she arrived on campus in September...
...basement, a kidnapped child, and an eerie, ghost-filled cave. Think this batch of scenarios will provide the basis for the next unbearably dull horror flick? Think again. “The Orphanage,” directed by Spanish newcomer Juan Antonio Bayona, is frightening, no doubt. The gloomy tone present throughout the entire film, the camera movements that crawl creepily around edges and corners in anticipation of jolt-inducing scenes, and spooky childhood games and lullabies will provide thrill-lovers exactly what they seek. But viewers will also come away with something unexpected from a scary movie: a touching...
...want," says Jim Lapidus, who runs the costume department on the Fox show 24, which sacrificed its entire season to the strike. "I don't support the way they did it. I wish they would have stayed at the table and we all would have stayed working." Lapidus's tone is considerably more measured than that of Thomas Short, the president of the below-the-line workers' union, the International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), who likens the WGA leadership to "a huge clown car that's only missing the hats and horns." (IATSE currently represents the reality...
...alcohol is fraught with concerns,” Dean of Residential Life Suzy M. Nelson wrote in an e-mail. “First, it is more concentrated, and easier to get more alcohol in a smaller quantity of liquid...Finally, the Masters felt that mixed drinks change the tone of what is intended to be a casual event to foster fellowship and conversation over a few beers and pizza.” The proposal comes a month after the UC was forced to stop funding alcohol through its party grants. This year’s Harvard College Handbook also...