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Tuesday Jobs heads for Boston, traveling commercial, albeit first class. Once there, he surveys the Castle, a puny downtown venue chosen months ago for what was expected to be a snoozer of a speech to Mac enthusiasts by Amelio. Jobs has assembled an army of showmen to orchestrate his--and Apple's--return to competition. There is theatrical lighting and a concert-quality sound system. He stares at the mega columns with the Apple logo cut into them, grimaces at their "Hitlerish" appearance, but decides it's too late to do anything about them. Then he sets to work...
...that's going to strand him overnight within crouching distance of a phone jack), and it will never disappear entirely. As long as there are wild-eyed digital artists and idealistic undergrads whose Macs mean to them what Abbey Road did to their parents, there will be a place--albeit a small one--for the company from Cupertino, Calif. Still, it must be a comedown for Jobs and his old pals to slip from visionary champions to fringy cultists in a mere decade. Oh, well. As shooting stars from Madonna to Newt Gingrich could tell you, that's the coolest...
That's precisely what trailblazing companies like Marriott and nonprofit outfits like the California-based Center for Employment Training have been demonstrating--albeit to a still relatively tiny degree. Under their tutelage, tens of thousands of former welfare recipients now hold down positions ranging from executive secretary to shop-floor inspector to assistant hotel manager. Importantly, the programs are market driven, providing truly qualified workers for companies with real needs. Here is a look at some of the leading efforts...
...insisted that she be satisfied because he'd found another tape he'd lost. Anne noted that Kim is (now) willing to compromise with regard to relationships. On our Israel trip, Kim was involved with a genuinely nice, albeit somewhat socially backward guy. Clearly her boyfriend-standard has changed, presumably along with her needs...
...participants in the curious exercise were neither cultists nor performance artists but astronomers--albeit amateur ones. Recruited largely via the Internet, they were helping the astronomical pros study the occultation--or eclipse--of Aldebaran, an observation that could lead to a more precise estimate of the moon's diameter. That figure in turn could serve as a cosmic yardstick by which to measure other heavenly bodies...