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Sharon Taxman, who is white, and Debra Williams, who is black, both worked in the business department of a Piscataway, N.J., high school. Fiscal hardship required the school to trim the business department by one position. Although Taxman and Williams had equal seniority, the school decided to retain Williams, arguing that she lent racial diversity to the faculty...
...World Series. We knew that our owner, who reported losses of approximately $34 million on the Marlins during the 1997 season, could not afford to keep a championship team together. So it comes as no surprise that the Marlins are holding a fire sale to trim their pay role. They have traded away many of their top players for minor leaguers, who will probably never reach the majors...
...Cameron fretted over every soggy shot, Mechanic fought to trim scenes. "We tried to get it done for the least amount of money and still allow Jim to get his vision on the screen," he says. But Cameron isn't one to compromise. And firing him wasn't an option. Not only had he written the script; he might be one of the few directors alive who could orchestrate a project of this scope. "We were already in for a lot of money," Mechanic says. "There was only one way to get our money out, which was to make...
That kind of math suggests that U.S. stocks deserve a trim in light of Asia's weakened economies. The big risk is that the selling gets overdone. Now that investors have seen a connection they were blind to a few months ago, they might panic, fearing the kind of rout in U.S. stocks that Asian markets experienced. There were moments last week when you could feel that sort of tension...
...backdrop of Symphony Hall also lent a classic, almost gothic feel to the proceedings, with its black and red drapery, gold trim and metal-studded leather seats. lang walked the stage in her trademark black pinstripes like she was on Star Search, feeding off the audience's love and enthusiasm and maintaining a constant dialogue with its members. Like singers from the '20s who preceded her in loungey style, she synchronized fluid and natural movements with the simplicity and steadiness of her own voice. Even while delivering what must have been vocally straining performances, she managed to maintain an ease...