In the past year, particularly in Wisconsin and New Jersey, governors and some state lawmakers have castigated teachers' unions and schools' performance while slashing budgets and pushing newer education strategies like charter schools and more rigorous teacher evaluation.
Karelle Levy, a Miami-based designer and performance artist, slashed into her multicolored knit jumpsuit for strips of fabric, while throwing a hot pink shawl over a skirt of bubble packaging she had spun around a model's waist and legs.
One of her most famous works is nothing but a brilliantly orchestrated magazine ad: a performance-slash-photograph that ran in the November 1974 issue of Artforum for which she posed, taut and well-oiled, wearing only a pair of rhinestone-studded cat-eye sunglasses and wielding a dildo.
Ms. Brune, who was raised in Tulsa and came to New York by way of Chicago and Boston, says that she originally conceived of her subway sales job as a form of "protest slash performance art".
3. History Matters, an evening-long lecture slash performance by Merce Cunningham and Company (including understudies) held at his historic Westbeth (aka Meatpacking) studio that presented vignettes from his previous work.
The performance featured Slash as the song's guest guitarist.
The song features a guitar performance by Slash, the British-American musician, songwriter and former lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns Rosesses.
The firm came apart earlier this year after weak financial performance forced it to slash compensation, leading to a partner exodus.
Once one of country's largest law firms, Dewey entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in May after a debt-heavy balance sheet and poor financial performance forced it to slash partners' pay, leading to a mass exodus.
About 75 of its 300 partners have left the firm since January after a weak financial performance forced management to slash partners' salaries, many of which had previously been guaranteed.
The diesel designs could well make their way to the U.S. SUV market, where manufacturers are seeking ways to increase fuel economy without slashing performance.
