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☆ Spain election: More likely that a progressive coalition government will win out, professor says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailSpain election: More likely that a progressive coalition government will win out, professor saysSebastiaan Faber, professor of Hispanic studies at Oberlin College, says "it seems much more likely that a new progressive coalition government will win out than a center-right … government, as all the polls have been predicting."

Persons: Sebastiaan Faber Organizations: Spain, Oberlin College

☆ Hollywood agency WME's newest film agent is a twentysomething talent Midas whose must-read comedy newsletter spotted rising stars and launched careers
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

High-powered Hollywood talent agency WME has scooped up a new film agent from outside the company. Daniel Cramer, a former producer at Sony Pictures, was named by Insider as a 2022 rising star of the entertainment business. He became known as a talent spotter with his Cramer Comedy Newsletter, a curated email for industry insiders. As a producer and newsletter writer, Cramer has been an under-the-radar power broker in Hollywood for several years. Do you work in the entertainment industry?

☆ Opinion | We Talked to 10 Graduates About Their College Regrets
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( Gus Wezerek | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

By Gus Wezerek Mr. Wezerek is a graphics editor for Opinion. He had promised me that if I studied Spanish during high school, I could join him on a business trip abroad. More than a thousand people wrote in after Times Opinion asked readers to share their college regrets. As part of Times Opinion’s close look at the college selection process, we’re also inaugurating a tool that we hope will help students avoid college regret. Most of all, I hope that today’s high school seniors don’t brood over dream schools that they didn’t get into.

☆ ‘Sesame Street’ co-creator Lloyd Morrisett dies at 93
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

"Sesame Street" co-creator Lloyd Morrisett has died, Sesame Workshop announced on Monday. Morrisett co-founded the Children’s Television Workshop with his close friend and fellow “Sesame Street” creator Joan Ganz Cooney in 1968, where he continued to serve as chairman of the workshop board until 2000. Thus, they created “Sesame Street” in 1969. After famously spawning the hit children’s series, the Children’s Television Workshop was later renamed as Sesame Workshop. “Without Lloyd Morrisett, there would be no ‘Sesame Street.’ It was he who first came up with the notion of using television to teach preschoolers basic skills, such as letters and numbers.

☆ Oberlin College pays $36 million to Ohio bakery after its owner accused the school of refusing to pay penalty in defamation suit
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-17 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Gibson's Bakery won a defamation lawsuit against Oberlin College in 2019, but claimed the school wouldn't pay in September 2022. An attorney for the Gibsons told Insider the family has since received the funds. An attorney on the Gibsons' legal team told Insider that Oberlin has since delivered the money. He added: "At this time, there has not been a rekindling of the previous business relationship with Oberlin College. However, Lorna is willing to welcome Oberlin College back."

☆ Bakery owner writes oped demanding to know where her money is, saying Oberlin College 'refuses to pay' $36 million after defamation suit appeal was denied
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-02 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A 2016 shoplifting incident led to a campus-wide outcry against a local bakery. Gibson's Bakery won a defamation lawsuit against Oberlin College, but claims the school won't pay. The incident sparked furious protests across campus as students and faculty called out the Gibson family for discrimination. Gibson family attorney Brandon W. McHugh also released a statement on the family's behalf. "The power of truth has enabled the Gibson family to survive Oberlin's onslaught.

☆ Meet an American: Be a Host Family with Christina McGarvey
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-18 | by ( Alte Articole | ) www.civic.md time to read: +2 min

Christina McGarvey este președinta de echipă și coordonatoare gazdă pentru echipa AFS SUA Baltimore Area. A fost voluntară aproape nouă ani și a găzduit studenți AFS din Norvegia, Indonezia și Germania. În calitate de președinte de echipă, ea conduce o echipă de aproximativ 30 de voluntari. Christina a primit o diplomă de licență de la Oberlin College și deține un doctorat în drept la Universitatea din Maryland. Prima elevă FLEX pe care Christina a cunoscut-o a fost Victoria Lungu, din Republica Moldova!

Persons: Christina McGarvey, Christina, Universitatea din Maryland . Ea, Victoria Lungu, Republica Moldova ! Christina Organizations: House Chișinău, SUA Baltimore Area, College, Universitatea din, Departamentul Sănătății, Republica Moldova ! Locations: SUA, AFS, Norvegia, Indonezia, Germania, Universitatea din Maryland, Congres, Republica Moldova, House

☆ America House Chisinau v-a pregătit o nouă serie de evenimente curioase. Ce puteți afla util săptămâna viitoare
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-18 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +4 min

America House Chișinău și-a deschis ușile pentru vizitatori pentru două zile de explorare a bibliotecii și o zi pentru evenimente offline. Acesta a fost crescut în Fort Valley, Georgia, un orășel din America cu aproximativ 8 000 de oameni. A fost voluntară aproape nouă ani și a găzduit studenți AFS din Norvegia, Indonezia și Germania. Prima elevă FLEX pe care Christina a cunoscut-o a fost Victoria Lungu, din Republica Moldova! Acest eveniment va avea loc la America House Chișinău, strada Mitropolit Gavriil Bănulescu-Bodoni 27, Chișinău pe data de 25 iunie începând cu orele 15.00.

Persons: Robert Allen, Robert Allen Jr . Robert ., Thomas R . Pickering, Pickering, Robert, Christina, Christina McGarvey, Universitatea din Maryland . Ea, Victoria Lungu, Republica Moldova ! Christina, Gavriil Bănulescu, Bodoni, Valentina Bodrug Organizations: House Chișinău, Chișinău, SUA Baltimore Area, College, Universitatea din, Departamentul Sănătății, Republica Moldova !, America House Chișinău, Evenimentul Locations: America, Fort Valley, Georgia, Republica Moldova, SUA, Găgăuzia, străinătate, AFS, Norvegia, Indonezia, Germania, Universitatea din Maryland, Congres, Chișinău

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