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...minute or rationally talked it over - should be in. It is nice, of course, for them to wear good clothes, live in pretty places and offer up the occasional funny line. This is not much to ask, but it is surprising how often these modest boons are withheld from the yearning audience. Because I Said So is not a divine lunacy like, say, Bringing Up Baby. It?s rooted more in the realm of TV sitcoms than in the movies. But if you don't expect too much of it, you may find yourself pleasantly - all right, soothingly - surprised...
...band together to air grievances against their employers or the government. Police in Haicheng had arrested Zhao five months earlier after he took part in a demonstration with about 100 other laid-off employees of the Aihai Talc Company to demand benefits they claim the firm had illegally withheld for nearly eight years. It is exceedingly rare for defendants charged with political crimes in China to escape conviction. But with Chen in his corner, brandishing a pocket-sized copy of China's criminal code as he punched hole after hole in the prosecution's charges, it seemed Zhao just might...
...suspension of USC senior Zach Fox’s application seeking reelection to the top content post at the school’s daily paper. Though the paper’s staff supported his election, Fox’s application, which encouraged budget transparency and fiscal independence, was withheld from the USC’s media board by USC Vice President for Student Affairs Michael L. Jackson, an administrator who also serves as head of the board. Media board approval was required to finalize Fox’s election. According to a memo by Larry Prior, who sits on USC?...
...nominated for the paper’s top position by the Daily Trojan staff on a 37-to-21 vote. But the USC vice president for student affairs, Michael L. Jackson, who is the intermediary between the paper and the board, withheld Fox’s application...
...Hamas need to come up with a compromise candidate for prime minister of a unity government led by technocrats, and Shabir may be just the man. The position needs someone respected by the armed Palestinian factions, who at the same time is acceptable to the international community, which has withheld funds from the Palestinian Authority since Hamas took power. It's not yet official, but informed Palestinian officials say Shabir, educated in micro-biology in West Virginia and former head of the Islamic University in Gaza...