A Man in Uniform
"...less-than-amazing life in running order by quitting his day job and training his roving eye on Charlie (Bako), the..."
Search
61-90 of 1,000 results, sorted by relevance | sort by date
Sept. 9, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Call
Halle Berry plays a 911 phone operator who takes a call in which everything's on the line.
"...dispatcher, but left the call-center floor to become a training instructor since botching a rescue call six months earlier..."
March 22, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner
Still Looking for a Home
Austin searches once again for a comprehensive solution for homelessness
"...boast social and medical services and offer meals and job training, as well as mental health support...."
Nov. 30, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin
Working Overtime, but Not Getting Paid for It
Labor laws: Just because they exist, doesn't mean they're enforced
"...of the Domain shopping center in search of a job. Gutierrez Vega, a Mexican immigrant, has lived and worked..."
Nov. 27, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp
Third-Party Report Finds Police Academy Hasn’t Implemented Crucial Reforms
Council stresses need for internal audit process
"...Council authorizes more – with recommended changes to APD’s training academy, and the main takeaway is that APD has..."
March 28, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher
Austin Plays the APD Chief Dating Game
Finalists court the community for Austin police top job
"...Essentially public job interviews, the hybrid forums were held in person with..."
Aug. 27, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders
Austin Startups Join the Techstars
Entrepreneurs train the next gen at Techstars Austin Demo Day
"...products and services for everything from VR emergency response training to a “LinkedIn” for gig workers, a crop of..."
March 10, 2020 Screens Post by Tom Cheredar
Race
Perceptive film about Jesse Owens going to the 1936 Berlin Olympics
"...to his admission to Ohio State University and the training he received from his coach Larry Snyder (Sudeikis). Race..."
Feb. 19, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Mechanic
A mediocre remake of a Charles Bronson assassin film that's downright repellent at times.
"...friend (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels! The Bank Job! Those Crank movies!), I walked out of this half-baked..."
Jan. 28, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Brooklyn's Finest
Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke, and Don Cheadle star in this clichéd police drama that's capped by an outlandish third act.
"...the decade, Fuqua’s direction of the gritty cop movie Training Day led Denzel Washington to a Best Actor Oscar..."
March 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Time Keeps On Slipping, Slipping, Slipping Into the Future
I never made it into the Mickey Mouse Club as a kid but today I am a proud, shoe carrying member of Club Chronicle 2007.
"...a commitment to blog about my experiences exercising and training for the Trail of Lights race. And it's time..."
Nov. 3, 2007 Promotions Post
We Are Marshall
There are football movies, and then there’s this 800-pound gorilla of a gridiron weepie, which should be penalized for roughing the viewer.
"...– all of it handsome – of the underdogs’ training and season. More mechanical than nuanced, the movie gives..."
Dec. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The second year at the Hogwarts is better than the first, but still a bit sophomoric.
"...is centered around British mop-top Harry Potter, an orphaned wizard-in-training who studies at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and..."
Nov. 15, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Faith Healers
A look inside the Teen Challenge faith-based drug treatment in Fort Worth suggests that there are problems with Christian drug rehab programs.
"...the street, where women are allowed to take outside jobs or attend school. For the duration of the program,..."
Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle
Corporate Welfare?
"...Thanks to provisions in the federal Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), companies like SER who operate..."
Nov. 13, 1998 News Feature
Saturday Night Live
Mayor Kirk Watson takes his downtown vision to the streets
"...community courts12 and how we can do a better job with our municipal court system on getting people into..."
Oct. 2, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy
G.I. Jane
"...anchored in a rather slipshod story and a mediocre job on Scott's part, at best. Moore plays Lt. Jordan..."
Aug. 22, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Final Option
"...and his fellow cadets try to survive the rigorous training necessary to become a part of the S.D.U., Ho..."
May 3, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan
This Ain't No KOA
Don't Let the Tent Flap Hit You on Your Way Out...
"...councilmembers] said, `We'll talk our game; we've done our job [by passing the ordinance]. And now we are not..."
Feb. 16, 1996 News Feature by Audrey Duff
Barking up Austin's Kink Tree
Workshop offers training and kinship for local pup, pet communities
"...of Sirius Pup, an online platform offering human pup training videos and resources, hightail it to the capital city..."
April 18, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan
How Austin Is Tackling Homelessness on the Street and at City Hall
More shelters, more beds, and more fights about ordinances ahead
"...in battling a crippling addiction; another may need extensive job training to put them into a position where they..."
Aug. 2, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders
The Next Austin Bust
Will it be bad? Can we be ready? Or should we not care?
"...range and within the price range of Austinites whose jobs continue to cluster in the urban core. Ten ZIP..."
March 8, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Southwest Key Breaking Social Ground
Center aims to tackle unemployment issues in East Austin
"...and to house a technology lab as well as job coaching and training classrooms. "We've already got people doing..."
May 7, 2010 News Feature by Michael King
Nathaniel and Li'l Nate
The two lives and untimely death of Nathaniel Sanders II
"...high school classes but also learn life skills and job skills. AYW is not in "competition" with other schools,..."
May 29, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Naked City
PartnerShop pairs up Ben & Jerry with at-risk youth
"...to both the business and nonprofit realms, provides real-world job experience to the at-risk youth LifeWorks serves. The group,..."
May 20, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
Naked City
This year's Greater AustinWork job summit features talk of layoffs, better and earlier training, and sagging profits at companies around the city.
"...funds. In Austin -- where in April alone 6,000 jobs were lost in the manufacturing and goods-producing sectors, along..."
June 15, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton
Naked City
Working It Out
"...ensure that private companies vying for contracts to provide job training and welfare services were financially stable or that..."
Sept. 10, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett
A New Social Order
Whither Equinomics?
"...top proposal of Goodman and Slusher) for people in job training programs, and possibly reserving some space at the..."
Aug. 13, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson
Council Watch
Bum Deal for the Mayor
"...the city owns but is not currently using; housing, job training, and social services could then be provided by..."
July 28, 1995 News Column by Alex de Marban
Lorenzo's Oil
"...but all previous reservations aside, he does an admirable job of telling the distressing and emotionally charged tale of..."
