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...traveling soccer teams, or managing our eight lemonade franchises. We couldn’t even go camping for eight weeks without its being somehow tangentially related to leadership. By the time we got into college, we had amassed enough experiences to fill several personal essays. But now, at the brink of full economic adulthood, we find ourselves in a bind. College is the last time we will have three months to ourselves, unless we go into academia. And accustomed to such concepts as “Spring Break” and “Summer Vacation...
...event, a chance to give money with mouse clicks and to volunteer virtually from miles away. And the Democrats have used these tools to produce historic results. In February alone Hillary Clinton was able to attract 200,000 new donors, most of them online, rescuing her campaign from the brink of bankruptcy. Obama has amassed an army of 750,000 supporters who have signed on to his website and participated in 30,000 offline events. Obama's online fund-raising eclipsed the $100 million mark in the first three months of the year, and his YouTube videos have been viewed...
...specter of legions of laid-off migrant workers roaming the streets in search of jobs is bound to keep Beijing's economic policymakers--who fear the political consequences of widespread social unrest--up at night. Sun, the Lehman Brothers economist, says that as manufacturers are pushed to the brink, China's stock markets could see sharp declines. Given that many large, listed Chinese companies pad their profits by investing in stocks themselves, "a big correction could bring [corporate earnings] even lower, and a vicious cycle could result," says...
...past swarmed to confront her: the empty decanter of brandy, her dead turtle Orlando, and, looming above all else, he who had wronged her once again. She could not believe that she had allowed herself to be taken in, that she had allowed him to bring her to the brink of carnal bliss, only to recoil so suddenly and retreat stupidly into the hallway.Had the Viscountess been in a reflective mood, she might have considered the possibility that she no longer possessed for him the charms she had once had as a young bride; but that thought was too painful...
...Downey's return from the brink is a fighter's tale. Since getting clean in 2001, the man who was at one time referred to as the best actor of his generation and also (in Time) as a "stark reminder of the strangling power of addiction" has labored to show Hollywood that he deserves another chance. "He's somebody who's had it, lost it and now has it again, and it's like a pit bull who's got his jaws on a chew toy," says Iron Man director Jon Favreau. "Nothing will take this away from...