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Gene Pierce grew up in Tupelo but left to work as an air-bag engineer for Ford. He came home to manage True Temper, whose 473 employees produce steel shafts for golf clubs sold from Tokyo to Turin. Comparing Tupelo with the metropolitan areas, Pierce says, "The pay is just as good here, and there's less hassle...
Therapy has been a mixed bag for Tony Soprano. It helped him figure out that his mother was trying to kill him, but it hasn't got rid of the panic attacks--and the new girlfriend he met in Dr. Melfi's waiting room isn't doing a lot to help his rocky marriage. Still, those sessions on the couch in The Sopranos may be having an impact outside the show. More tough guys who never would have considered therapy are breaking down and seeing a shrink, and some say Tony is one reason. "Tony's a tough...
...remember the first time I saw them, dog-eared and worn. They were tucked into my mother?s school bag, buried beneath sheaves of blue books and manila folders. I was looking for a special blue pen my mom used to correct tests. Instead, I found Cliffs Notes...
...fall of 1983, and my mom was already deeply immersed in her classes, teaching Shakespeare to 10th and 12th graders. Her leather bag was stuffed with copies of "Romeo and Juliet," "Hamlet" and "King Lear." I remember wondering, as I reached for the bright yellow booklet, what my mom, an inveterate and notoriously demanding teacher, would want with what were commonly known as "cheater books...
...officer punched him in the arm and retorted, “We found nothing else in his room. We’ll find him. That’s our job.” Later, when the first officer was cornered and prodded for information, he handed us a plastic bag with a crinkled piece of paper in it. “This was underneath his bed. They don’t want anyone to see it. But I think it’s important. Just don’t say I gave...