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...trouble again--bigger trouble, in fact, because the companies' ratio of retirees to active workers has only grown. Which has turned up the pressure on retiree benefits. In the case of pensions, GM, Ford and Chrysler now all have enough money set aside to meet their obligations. But none put much in the bank to cover future health-care costs...
When I am asked that question, I like to ask, In what area of your life do you wield influence? Are you a member of a church group? A book club? There are many ways, and none of them can be overlooked when you are talking about trying to create a collective awareness. You never know where water is going to find its level and finally reach someone...
Reflecting on our time at Harvard is a totally depressing exercise. These four years have been packed with strikeouts, weak dribblers up the middle, blown saves, and even a few caught stealings, none of which are baseball metaphors. So we try to only concentrate on this last year when we ruled the school with both an open door and an iron fist. But that makes us seem even more terrible, especially since we wouldn’t tell anyone about the 18-inch iron fist until they had come through our open door and we had locked it behind them...
Abromowitz added that none of those who declined to sign the letter did so because they disagreed with its content...
...colorful pantheon of Rio de Janeiro stereotypes, none is more beloved than the malandro. Brazilians like to believe that many of their Portuguese words defy direct translation, and in this case they are right. A malandro is, for want of a more succinct description, a hustler who survives by his wits and savvy, often fooling those richer or more powerful than himself, and usually skirting the law. He is a bohemian, a joker and a smartass. The word has been cropping up all over the sports pages of the local and international media in recent weeks, thanks to the efforts...