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Dates: during 2000-2009
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There is no place on my résumé where I will be able to write that I have been struck speechless by an interesting bend in New Hampshire State Route 109. There is no job interview where I will be able to brag about how I can tell whether a two-cycle engine is running too rich or too lean by the sound of it. And society gained no great benefit from the cement flagpole foundation that I set into some ledge. But I reckon that each of these things is good for the mitigation of at least...

Author: By Garrett G.D. Nelson | Title: End Days for Dog Days | 9/10/2007 | See Source »

Money experts warn that it's a bad idea. But a steady flow of people past the age of 50 are funding new businesses and nonprofits with their retirement savings anyway--and having enough success (or fun) to brag about it. About a third of self-employed people over 50 didn't strike out on their own until after the big five-oh. These people say they'd rather be in business than in Boca, and they view their pensions and home equity as a lifeline to remaining productive and engaged after retiring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turning Savings into a Start-Up | 8/2/2007 | See Source »

...nods and brow furrowings. Somehow, the kid gets the message. "I can't cook ..." Linguini says, and the rodent shakes his head no. "But you can?" Remy answers with a Gallic shrug so eloquent it says many things. First, a modest "Eh, a little." Beneath that: "Well, not to brag, but I'm actually quite proficient." Most important: "Trust me. Together we'll cook up some magic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Savoring Pixar's Ratatouille | 6/7/2007 | See Source »

...have a feeling she’s not going to brag about it. She’ll be like, ‘Hey, I’m Emily,” Quintanar said. “Maybe she’ll come to our [club] banquets...

Author: By Guillian H. Helm, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hughes To Come to Harvard | 5/21/2007 | See Source »

...Rice is determined to avoid adding a picture of herself with Syria's foreign minister to Assad's brag-book, at least until he shuts down the pipeline of Sunni militants that runs through Syria into Iraq...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Condi Avoids Syria Snapshot | 5/10/2007 | See Source »

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