Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
Thankfully, in a late night deal, management and workers reached an agreement. The workers would get a 10% pay rise and would not see any cut in health benefits, but they would help management cut the $70 million health care budget by 2012. It's a victory for the workers, and ...
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Sunday, November 1st, 2009
Mary Wittenberg, president of the New York Road Runners, has posted a response to the article in the NY Times last week about slow runners. It's a great article. She hits the nail on the head about the debate in the second paragraph:
Both the term “plodders” and the question posed ...
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Monday, April 20th, 2009
From the NY Times:
Comcast has introduced a new 50-megabit-per-second service at $139 a month, compared with its existing service that costs about $45 a month for 8 megabits per second. Time Warner just announced it will charge $99 for 50 megabits per second.
Comcast told investors that ...
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Monday, January 26th, 2009
U.S. President George W. Bush re-enters the White House East room to say goodbye to staff and friends after his primetime address in Washington, January 15, 2009. Bush on Thursday defended his actions to avert a collapse of the financial system and protect America from another terrorist attack as he ...
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Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Can anyone explain the shocking difference in these two headlines? Reuters seems to indicate that "Yes Man" broke out of the gate with an incredible opening weekend. The New York Times would seem to tell us that "Yes Man" did rather poorly at the box office. Which is correct? Or ...
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Sunday, December 14th, 2008
If you're a fan of the Bill Cunningham photography series in the Times, you'll love what the Gray Lady has done for him. In the past months, Bill has had an audio slideshow of his photographs available on the Times website. I love listening to his voice, the cadence, the ...
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Friday, December 12th, 2008
This is an awesome birthday present.
They ran eight miles, at a sturdy 7-minute-per-mile pace. It was quick for Chambers, but Kiplagat usually trains by running 10 or more miles at a 5:45-per-mile pace.
“We’re back,” Chambers said as the two entered the apartment again. “I won.”
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Monday, September 1st, 2008
A second installment of my vocal interpretation of the Vows section of the New York Times. This week is a good one: the bride is nationally syndicated advice columnist Ask Amy.
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
Every Sunday I read to my wife the Vows section of the New York Times in a British accent. (Don't ask which region of Britain the accent comes from; I make it has high-brow as I can.) Since she started residency, I haven't seen her on many a Sunday, and ...
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