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...feeling of disgust came over me as I looked at the smirking face of John Walker Jr. [NATION, Nov. 11]. For his treason he should never be granted pardon or parole. William T. Brockman Atlanta...
...married couple, Lauren Brockman and John Balla of Tampa, Fla., have decided that they are willing to put their economic status at risk in hope of finding a more fulfilling work life. Both were telecom executives; Brockman, 36, got laid off in July and Balla, 39, a few months earlier. Savings and unemployment benefits have kept them afloat, allowing them to hold on to their comfortable home and even their part-time nanny--for now. The job hunt has proved fruitless. "I don't think there's a position on Monster.com even tangentially related to our industry that he hasn...
...their two children and each other, the two find themselves reluctant to go back to the work-centered life they knew. They began negotiations last week to take over a custom cabinet--making firm. "We want to create something tangible, a real product you can see and touch," says Brockman. "In telecom, unless you're laying fiber in the ground, you're doing something very few people actually understand. We like the idea of doing something creative now." Of course, adds her husband, "we'll have the best damn connectivity any cabinetmaker has ever had." --With reporting by Melissa August...
...came from a prominent Alabama political family--her grandfather and uncle were U.S. Senators; her father, William Brockman Bankhead, served as Speaker of the House. After winning a beauty contest at age 15, Tallulah Bankhead moved to New York City, where she became an actress, as well as an attractive side dish at the Algonquin Round Table. She created some legendary stage roles--Regina in The Little Foxes, Sabina in The Skin of Our Teeth--though Hollywood never really took to her (Hitchcock used her best in Lifeboat...
Representative democracy is the wrong model for the council as it currently works. It probably never occurred to the current council's founders to do it any differently; they must have said the Pledge of Allegiance a few too many times in elementary school. But to paraphrase Kent Brockman, I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy just doesn't work on this campus...