Word: towards
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...sweatshops and wages, I am far less sympathetic. I cannot help but chuckle when the staff calls sweatshops one of "society's gravest ills." Surely such labor is unpleasant and progress can be made toward improving overseas working conditions, but this is hardly one of the great struggles of our time...
...establishedhimself Stateside as one of the top Shakespeareanactors--a master of his craft. His performance inGods and Monsters, as the aging, gayfilmmaker James Whale, was superb. But like Nolte,he may suffer due to the film's low profile. Don'tcount McKellen out, though. The Academy'spreferences often tend toward older, establishedactors...
...unlike a typical corporation with anorganization all dedicated toward one purpose,Harvard's umbrella includes everything from anItalian villa to an arboretum...
Calvin Trillin's commentary "Eau d'Odor," about the French and their attitude toward personal hygiene and body odor [NOTEBOOK, Feb. 15], made me think of the anecdote about Samuel Johnson, who was more fastidious about his language than his hygiene. "Mr. Johnson, you smell," said his female companion. "No, madam," he replied. "You smell, I stink." TOM MACKIN Bedminster...
While GEORGE W. BUSH saunters toward a presidential candidacy--allies say he'll announce an exploratory committee within a week or two--fund raisers for rival campaigns are getting night sweats. "Waiting for his decision has been suffocating," complains a top moneyman for another campaign. Other Republican hopefuls crisscross the country and strain eager smiles for potential donors, but the Texas Governor has let the party come to him. Last week a muscular troika of rainmakers that included investment banker HENRY KRAVIS, oilman JOHN MORAN and fund manager LEWIS EISENBERG made the pilgrimage. Rival camps are terrified that Bush will...