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In America is a 2002 drama film directed by Jim Sheridan. The semi-autobiographical screenplay by Jim Sheridan and his daughters, Naomi and Kirsten, focuses on an immigrant Irish family's struggle to start a new life in New York City, as seen through the eyes of the elder daughter. The film was an Irish, American and British co-production, and ...
Revolving Door (advertisement) "Revolving Door" was a famous negative television commercial made for Republican nominee George H. W. Bush 's campaign during the 1988 United States presidential election. Along with the Willie Horton ("Weekend Passes") commercial, it is considered to have been a major factor in Bush's defeat of Democratic nominee ...
Jessup, Maryland, U.S. William R. Horton (born August 12, 1951), commonly referred to as " Willie Horton ", is an American convicted murderer who was the subject of a major political controversy in the 1988 presidential election. Horton had committed violent crimes while on furlough from prison, where he was serving a life sentence without the ...
A dynamic trial lawyer, he was such a successful defender of the under-served and undocumented that on Nov. 7, 1987, Mayor Bob Bolen declared “Jerry Murad Day in Fort Worth.”. Murad understood ...
Furlough is a 2018 American comedy-drama film starring Tessa Thompson, Melissa Leo, Whoopi Goldberg and Anna Paquin. [1] [2] The film was directed by Laurie Collyer , written by Barry Strugatz and produced by Leo; James Schamus served as an executive producer.
A furlough ( / ˈfɜːrloʊ /; from Dutch: verlof, "leave of absence") is a temporary cessation of paid employment that is intended to address the special needs of a company or employer; these needs may be due to economic conditions that affect a specific employer, or to those prevailing in society as a whole. Furloughs may be short-term or ...
Most recently, Newsom in 2020 negotiated a 9.23% pay cut after his administration projected a $54 billion pandemic-induced deficit. Workers took two furlough days per month for a year as part of ...
United States. Language. English. Budget. $4 million [1] Box office. $10,179,000. Lost in America is a 1985 American satirical road comedy film directed by Albert Brooks and co-written by Brooks with Monica Johnson. The film stars Brooks alongside Julie Hagerty as a married couple who decide to quit their jobs and travel across America.