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Archive for January 17th, 2009

 

popcornBy Michael S. Goldberger, film critic 

Hearing yourself utter the plot description of “Bride Wars” makes you wonder if either you or the world has gone insane. At minimum, certainly it must cause you to lose millions of brain cells. But a critic must be intrepid. So here goes: Two best friends since childhood vie to see who can have the better wedding at New York’s Plaza Hotel. 

My gray matter now doubtlessly compromised, it nonetheless occurs that such narcissism would be tasteless even in better economic times. Granted, the tell-all trailers signaled that director Gary Winick’s film would be bad. It’s the sheer length and breadth of the bad that’s overwhelming.

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RAHWAY—Introduction to Business is a popular elective at Rahway High School.  Students who take the class learn about the business world, the marketing aspect of business and its impact on media and culture, the issues of managing a company’s brand, pricing and distribution and how technology is used to effectively market to consumers.   The class is taught by Rahway alumnus Leon Bunion.

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pastBy Diane Norek Harrison

ELIZABETH-These memories are from reader William Frolich:

Some of my earliest memories go back to when I was about two or three years old. By this time the family was living at 567 Morris Avenue in Elizabeth, although when the house was purchased, it was actually in Union Township. At some time shortly after we moved in, the boundary line between Elizabeth and Union was shifted slightly, and we again lived in Elizabeth without even moving.

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