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...career as a patent lawyer--or so he thought. Laid off by a law firm in Reston, Va., he finds it "embarrassing" to have to network. The job hunt is stressful, despite the support of his wife and five children. "Let's be very blunt about it," he says. "I'm 61, and I'm probably not seen as the best investment, even though I carry so much other experience and stature...
...what Silverman described as a “rushed” costume fitting. He described his wardrobe—double-breasted suits, loose slacks, and old wingtip shoes—as simply “very ’50s clothing.” Jacobs, however, was much more blunt. “I looked as though I had borrowed my clothes from a recently deceased grandfather,” he said...
...this country has ever seen - and one of the largest media stakeouts since the Chandra Levy case broke. Moose, who served for 27 years (including six as chief) on the Portland, Oregon police force, has some experience with the media, but nothing that could have prepared him for the blunt force of the cameras and microphones that confront him, sometimes four or five times a day, during his 20-hour shifts...
...Party members are scrambling to undo some of the more recent damage. Lien, the chairman, told reporters in Taipei recently, "we hope to begin building a new image." Step one is to blunt President Chen's latest attack. On Sept. 25, Lien pledged to put the party's assets into a foreign-managed trust fund. In addition, he said the KMT would be willing to hand over to the government 110 parcels of land and 42 buildings, worth a total of $23 millionthat it says were "gifts" from generous benefactors. Lien dismissed allegations that the assets were illegally acquired...
...question is ‘Are these salt-tolerant babies destined to acquire hypertension later in life?’” asked Zinner. “And if you were to remove salt from these infants’ diets, could you blunt the development of hypertension...