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Disney insists the measure addressed the issues: "The directors feel they absolutely did listen" to shareholders' concerns, says a source close to Disney's board. But many Eisner critics--including several large pension funds--say the large vote against Eisner should have led to his ouster. "Disney needs to do more than say it changed the titles on the doors," says Pat Macht of the California Public Employees' Retirement System, which owns 9.9 million shares of the company. Roy Disney, one of the chief dissident shareholders, believes the Philly split amounted to another Eisner coup: "Knowing Michael...
...groups estimate that at least half the girls in the camps are regularly raped. A former government official from Zimbabwe's Ministry of Youth, Gender and Employment Creation says the rape is seen by some at the camps as part of the youths' training. "You are molding someone to listen to you, so if it means rapes have to take place in order for that person to take instruction from you, then it's O.K.," he says. Another ministry insider, who left his job in disgust, said he wrote numerous memos to his superiors about the rapes, but was ignored...
...Darkness. Replete with acoustic guitars, wooden basslines and earnest guitar solos, the music sounds as heavily produced as Britney. This is not an entirely bad thing—the music is smooth and even, exerting a vaguely soporific effect. This is the sort of music angry teenagers listen to in order to piss off the parents while catching a nap. The requisite heaviness, showcased on the cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain” is offset throughout by acoustic sections, but the juxtaposition struggles not to sound contrived, each acoustic passage luring the listener...
...tracks like “Passing By” ironically sum up the disposable melodic sensibility of the record—“I’m only passing by,” Sophie Barker croons soulfully. When It Falls floats by in an easy-to-listen-to haze, leaving barely any impression...
When they do manage to get a word in, the two highlight just what’s missing from the daily grind of undergraduate dining: joy. These people are unabashedly, deliriously, downright nerdily in love with food and wine. Just listen to Steve Edmunds talk about grapes. For this man, a visit to the vineyard is apparently tantamount to spiritual pilgrimage...