Word: bachelors
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...watched The Bachelor...
...will follow the TV camera just about anywhere it wants to go--whether it's up Katie Couric's colon or down on bended knee with The Bachelor. Few places are safe from a prying lens, but one that has remained mostly off limits is the jury room--where ordinary men and women can wield life-and-death power over their peers. "The jury remains the last great black box of American democracy," says Jeffrey Abramson, author of We, the Jury: The Jury System and the Ideal of Democracy. "It's the government institution we know the least about...
...proposing to the ostensible love of his life, Aaron Buerge was sticking his tongue into the mouths of half a dozen other women. In real life, this would make him a cad. But it wasn't real life--it was reality TV. The titular hero of ABC's The Bachelor, Buerge, 28, a banker from Springfield, Mo., was the potential trophy husband for the 25 women who signed up to compete for an engagement ring. Each week he gamely narrowed the field, risking chapped lips and a sprained tongue as he squired the women to various restaurants and hot tubs...
...wanted to be a cartoonist at age 6. He started drawing satirical pictures of classmates and teachers but never considered it more than a hobby. "My grades were good, and it didn't look like cartooning was a high-percentage play," he says. He went on to get a bachelor's degree in economics from nearby Hartwick College and headed to San Francisco. "My first job was as a bank teller. I got robbed twice at gunpoint. But it was worth it," he says with amusement, "because I was making $735 a month...
...parties and exclusive backstage events whenever she visited Hong Kong. Later, Chen watched Edison launch his career armed with little more than some hip-hop Canto-pop tunes and a lust-inducing smile. Although she had blossomed attractively herself, Chen remained a bystander, attending university in Canada, earning a bachelor's degree in commerce and business administration. She accepted a job as a credit analyst at BNP Paribas in Hong Kong after graduation...