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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...late '80s, Krayzelburg's parents were so worried about the deteriorating Soviet system that they applied for exit visas. The family, including Lenny's sister Marsha, finally left the USSR in 1989 and landed in Los Angeles. At what should have been the peak of his career, Krayzelburg instead found himself struggling to learn a new language, getting a maintenance job at the local Jewish community center and swimming only a couple of hours a week...
McNitt said a major part of the renovations was making food preparation possible on a smaller scale, so that cooks have more control over what they are making. Instead of preparing large batches, cooks now make food for anywhere from six to 10 people, then put the pot, frying pan or French fry basket directly on the hotline so food is always fresh and less mass-produced...
...proposes the same number of tiers; it just renames them," he said. "Instead of a grade of A, it would be super high honors; A- would be high honors...
...strike has made commercials disappear. The 167 people watching the NBC Olympics can testify to that. But you'll find more spots using animation instead of live action, and possibly more "golden oldies"; actress Bonnie Bartlett, who plays Sela Ward's mom on the ABC series "Once and Again," says Crest just re-released a commercial she shot in the 1960s. There are also few new spots that feature celebrity appearances or star voice-overs. A rare exception is Tiger Woods' Buick commercial; the golf god shot it in Canada and, when told he was a scab, feigned ignorance...
...there are fewer qualified people than positions to fill (congressmen, for example, and film critics). But the ratio of good actors to good jobs has to be 100:1. They train harder than surgeons but have to take jobs as butchers. Any work is tough to find. So now, instead of waiting for a break, they are just as stubbornly waiting out the strike...