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...become a successful New York lawyer, an icon in international law, is usually enough of a career for one lifetime. Long hours, unexpected crises among clients and few vacations in such a high-stress profession frequently lead firms to award extended vacations to senior partners—intended as a brief reprieve, or at least a welcome change of pace...
...four alliteratively titled “Rabbit” novels about a decade apart, beginning in 1959, tracking middle-class America over a period of 40 years through the realism that has become his hallmark. The last two of the series collectively garnered two Pulitzer Prizes, a National Book Award, a National Book Critic’s Circle Award and the Howells Medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters...
Last year, he received the National Medal for the Humanities and the National Medal of Art. His latest major publication, a collection of his early stories, took the Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction last month...
...firm has bid on a dozen contracts, including one for a security system for the Iraqi National Museum, but has never been successful. "All the tenders are terminated early, and all the tenders are given to the same companies," another Iraqi businessman says. "If you look at the awards list, you will find many of the same names." KBR has acknowledged that it uses the same vendors repeatedly but argues that it often values reliability over other factors. "We don't always give the award to the lowest bidder," says a KBR representative in Baghdad...
...hope Broadway opens its arms to more of the serious but audience-pleasing drama playing just outside its doors. Exhibit A this spring is Intimate Apparel, a Roundabout Theater production that has been winning steady accolades (including the New York Drama Critics? award for Best Play) since opening off Broadway in April. Set in New York City at the turn of the century, Lynn Nottage?s drama tells the story of a black seamstress (Viola Davis) who makes a living sewing fancy lingerie for rich society women. While patiently saving her money to open her own shop, she strikes...