Robert Greenwald’s ’’Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price’’ is not ’’Fahrenheit 9/11.’’ There are no goofy takeoffs of old television series. You won’t see H. Lee Scott Jr.‚ the chief executive of Wal-Mart‚ the largest retailer on the planet‚ practicing his golf swing or making revealing comments on camera. He doesn’t have to. Mr. Greenwald’s film features plenty of star witnesses‚ many of them former employees. Weldon Nicholson‚ a store-manager trainer for 17 years‚ says that when Wal-Mart came
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My famous chef was Robert Cobb. He was born February 8‚ 1899 in Moberly‚ MO. Bob Cobb was born in Missouri‚ but raised in Montana and moved to California at age 16. He later got into real estate and opened the famous Brown Derby restaurant in 1928.Cobb raised money to buy the Mission Reds in 1937‚ calling on Hollywood stars Cecil B. DeMille‚ Bing Crosby‚ George Burns‚ and more. The team was moved to Los Angeles‚ becoming the Hollywood Stars in 1938. Cobb was president of the club from 1938 to 1957
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If you don’t ask‚ the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward‚ you’re always in the same place" (Nora Roberts). Nora Roberts (born Eleanor Marie Robertson on October 10‚ 1950) is an American bestselling author of more than 213 romance novels. She writes as J. D. Robb for the in-Death series‚ and has also written under the pseudonyms Jill March and for publications
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lives harder than it is. “What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity? Our attitude toward it. Every opportunity has a difficulty‚ and every difficulty has an opportunity”. (J. Sidlow Baxter) But‚ According to the IMDb.com biography Robert Thurman was born on August 3‚ 1941 in New York City. "Thurman is known for his talented popularization of the Buddha’s teaching at Columbia University" ("Professor of Indo-Tibetan Studies"). Later in the biography we learned that in the late spring
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Robert Gray Robert Gray was born on the 23rd of February 1945 in Port Macquarie on the North Coast of New South Wales. In primary school‚ his teacher read to him The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham. This was his first literary experience that he remembered clearly‚ although it wasn’t until 15 that he began to enjoy and write poetry. His teacher‚ Hugh McRae‚ who was himself a poet‚ and the well-known poets D. H. Lawrence‚ T. S. Elliot‚ Patrick White‚ Les Murray and Kenneth Slessor were the
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IT WAS NOW LUNCH TIME AND THEY WERE all sitting under the double green fly of the dining tent pretending that nothing had happened. “Will you have lime juice or lemon squash?” Macomber asked. “I’ll have a gimlet‚” Robert Wilson told him. “I’ll have a gimlet too. I need something‚” Macomber’s wife said. “I suppose it’s the thing to do‚” Macomber agreed. “Tell him to make three gimlets.” The mess boy had started them already‚ lifting the bottles out of the canvas cooling bags that sweated wet in the
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This was not the case for all artists though‚ one of their names was Robert Rauschenberg. Robert Rauschenberg was born on October 22‚ 1925‚ in Port Arthur‚ Texas. Incidentally‚ that is not his original name. Rauschenberg ’s original first name was Milton‚ however‚ he did not care for it and thought that Rauschenberg was bad enough to be stuck with. So‚ he changed his name to Bob‚ which was a more common name. He later saw that Robert was just as acceptable and common as Bob. Rauschenberg was a recognizable
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the rapid development of user-generated crime reporting and blogging on the Internet‚ as well as 24/7 media coverage on all platforms‚ crime investigations and trials are at more risk of external influence than ever before. Due to the nature of the Robert Farquharson case‚ it was the subject of extensive media coverage and scrutiny from the outset. While originally reported as a tragic accident resulting in the death of three young boys‚ the media frame quickly transitioned to vengeful father. According
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governments are ineffective; therefore‚ economic development is hindered by conditions such as poverty‚ inequalities‚ corruption‚ and discrimination that can be remedied through the strong performance and participation of both the state and the market. Robert Klitgaard provides an analysis of economic development as an aftermath of the free-market revolution adopted by developing countries from an informational perspective. Prior to 1950s‚ countries were heavily interventionists; however‚ a state-controlled
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Robert Gray most definitely provokes thought and stirs emotion through an effective use of language and techniques used in his poems. One of his major messages are those connected with mans effect on the environment and our constant need to create something new and yet‚ forget about what we already have and where that ends up. Also the sense of our society almost becoming‚ un-Australian and very international. In his poem‚ Flames and Dangling Wire‚ the first line immediately sets the scene allowing
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