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...traffic controllers is one option. There's a great demand for those right now. You may remember Ronald Reagan broke up the air-traffic controllers' union, and they hired a whole bunch of people at that time. Well, that cohort of workers is getting ready to retire. Actuaries is another I might mention. Those are the people who work for insurance companies and figure out how much they should charge you. They figure out the odds that people are going to die, get in an accident, need health care. They have to be good with numbers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where the Recession-Proof Jobs Are | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...fact, the very idea that Obama should transform African Americans into the black Waltons is flawed. It rests on the notion that the black community, more than other communities, is characterized by a bunch of hapless layabouts who spend their days ticking off reparations demands and shaking their fist at the white man. The truth is that the dominant conversation in the black community today is not about racism or victimization but about self-improvement. In a 2007 Pew survey of black America, Bill Cosby was rated second among public figures believed to have the best influence on African Americans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama and the Myth of the Black Messiah | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...preparing for the role?SNK: I started growing it as soon as I got cast a month and a half ago. It’s probably been the easiest part of my preparation, though.Sam L. Linden ’10RR: What’s it like directing a bunch of assassins?SLL: It’s been difficult. We’re having to humanize people who are typically seen as inhuman. We have to have a sense of humor about it and approach it in a lighthearted way.RR: Has this given the play a dark-comic feel...

Author: By Chris R. Kingston, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ROVING REPORTER: 'Assassins' | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...longer I spent at Harvard, the more fascinating they became. Most Harvard students are pretty ambitious. But wanting to be president—and letting people know it—that seemed like a whole different level of ambition. Maybe all these presidential kids were just a bunch of tools. But I was intrigued. Where did these guys come from? What were their motives? And did any of them actually have a shot at the White House? A COCK-EYED OPTIMIST...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett | Title: Kids Who Would Be King | 11/12/2008 | See Source »

...It’s really sad,” Romanelli said, reminiscing about her college career. “It’s been a long four years. I’ve learned a lot, and my team is amazing. I’ll miss them a bunch.” Harvard finished the season tied for fifth place in the Ivy League with Columbia and Yale. “We are excited to get ready for next year,” Ohanian said. “We are going to miss our seniors. It’s a good...

Author: By Melissa Schellberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Season-Ending Defeat Caps Six-Game Losing Streak | 11/9/2008 | See Source »

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