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The Last WordPosted by Amy Derjue on 9/30/2008 at 5:21PM | No Comments
Your long day of corporate drudgery is over. Get out and enjoy the city! Here are a few ideas to get you started, lovingly picked by Boston Daily.
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Questions For. . . George ForemanPosted by Amy Derjue on 9/30/2008 at 4:05PM | No Comments
Foreman will appear in Boston wearing yet another hat—spokesman for the UFood Grill. The healthy fast-food chain is currently asking customers to sample the UBerry dessert or the UnFries and vote for their favorite. On Thursday, Foreman will announce the winner of the contest, and customers can enjoy the winning dish for free on Sunday. We talked to Foreman about his favorite healthy foods, whether endorsing the UFood Grill is a conflict of interest for him, and the similarities between boxing and business. |
When Online Sharing Goes too FarPosted by Amy Derjue on 9/30/2008 at 3:04PM | No Comments
After the jump, we lay forth some other items that should not find their way on to the Internet. |
Notes on the CulturePosted by Matthew Reed Baker on 9/30/2008 at 1:15PM | No Comments
As the economy flails at the edge of a global crisis, it’s hard to take a breather and fully appreciate artistic abstraction, so I decided to try something more timely this week. I decided to celebrate America’s work ethic by visiting the International Poster Gallery. The IPG has 10,000 vintage posters in stock, and it regularly circulates themed selections into its cozy display space on Newbury Street. From now until November 15, it’s showing a unique quasi-propagandistic collection from the 1920s, “Made in America: The Mather Work Incentive Posters.” Produced between 1923 and 1929, these posters were actually not produced by the government, but by a Chicago printing company called Mather, which sold the posters to factories. The factories would in turn display them to inspire productivity and promote worker incentives—think of them as a pre-Wagner Act, proletariat version of Successories. READ MORE |
Julie Donaldson Gets Back to WorkPosted by Amy Derjue on 9/30/2008 at 12:19PM | No Comments
But Lattimore took a deal on Friday, and Donaldson will return to work tomorrow. |
The Financial Crisis Spreads to MassachusettsPosted by Amy Derjue on 9/30/2008 at 11:18AM | No Comments
It’s not just affecting your ability to get a mortgage—even State Treasurer Tim Cahill can’t get a loan to cover the full amount of a quarterly local aid payment, forcing him to tap the state’s rainy day fund. Surely the treasurer knows how to handle this setback.
Aw, crap. |
Does the T Stand for Tone-Deaf?Posted by Amy Derjue on 9/30/2008 at 10:09AM | No Comments
In our world, the headlines have been dominated by words like “crash” and “recession.” Banks are falling like dominoes. Instead of investing in stocks like Apple, wise investors are moving their money into fast-growing soup stocks. But the MBTA drivers’ union doesn’t seem to register the upheaval. Instead of giving the agency the time it needs to scrounge up the money to pay back wages, employees are threatening to slow service until their checks clear. Which begs the obvious question—how could the service get any slower? |
What’s NewsPosted by Amy Derjue on 9/30/2008 at 8:44AM | No Comments
Your condensed guide to today’s daily papers.
Sovereign is not king of the world: Stock in Boston’s third-biggest bank lost 72 percent of its value yesterday. Investors are worried that it could be the next bank to fall. [Herald] |
The Last WordPosted by Amy Derjue on 9/29/2008 at 5:40PM | No Comments
Your long day of corporate drudgery is over. Get out and enjoy the city! Here are a few ideas to get you started, lovingly picked by Boston Daily. Got a case of the Mondays? We’re pretty sure that Filet Mignon and Lobster for Two will cure what ails you. Fleming’s will serve you and a friend two six-ounce filets, two Australian lobster tails, two chopped wedge salads, potatoes, sugar snap peas, and two chocolate mousse desserts with hazelnut bark for the low price of $99. |
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George Foreman is many things to many people. To boxing fans, he’s a former World Heavyweight Champion and Olympic gold medalist. And, of course, he is also the man behind the George Foreman Grill.
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Every Tuesday, Matthew Reed Baker will offer his thoughts on the arts and culture scene. This week: What better time to hail the American worker, and what better place than the International Poster Gallery; A sight unseen film recommendation for Yasujiro Ozu‘s An Autumn Afternoon now out on DVD.
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We want to live in whatever world MBTA employees inhabit.
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