Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.

The union may have won a successorship clause in its agreement. Such a clause states that the employer will not sell the plant unless the buyer agrees to honor the agreement. If this is the case, the union has some real leverage.

Working under the obvious influence of Errol Morris — notable in their attention to beauty, interview style and even pacing — they shift seamlessly from macroimages of the swarming bees to close-ups of their fretting keepers who are struggling with the devastation, including one large California family that is unwisely compared to a hive.

JUSTICELIKE. adj. Resembling the character of a magistrate. / He by conversing with them is turned into a justicelike servingman. / [William] Shakespeare, Henry IV, p[ar]t. ii, a[ct]. iv, s[cene]. 3.