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...economic meltdown worsens, hundreds of Harvard seniors find themselves in a jam as they scramble to secure postgraduate jobs. Last month, many of these worried souls—would-be financiers in any other job market—bravely trudged across the Charles to a college-wide career fair. And unlike in other years, these students weren’t just there for the free Nalgenes and stress balls (though many could use the latter). They were there because, as one bank after another collapses, serious questions loom about the prospect of employment. Some of them may even have...
...book went from 643 to 627, think we should order more copies?" I looked, and the book was at Number 14. Later it went up to 7. And then came the Mac-PC ads, and I was torn immediately from a very happy, satisfied, mature career as a freelance magazine writer and author of books of fake trivia. The Daily Show was a real turning point in my life...
...decide to do the Apple commercials? I was really curious as to why they asked me to audition. My career as a magazine writer was largely prefaced on the idea of curiosity, to go on adventures and weasel my way into the lives of people that I admire. The process of auditioning for a commercial seemed like a process where I might learn something that I could write about. It did not occur to me that it might lead to the job. I got called back, and by the third time we talked, I thought, "You can't really...
...shook my hand and said, ‘My name is JFK, just from Korea,’” Allison said. At the start of his own speech, Ban said his experience meeting Kennedy as a teenager inspired him to pursue a career in diplomacy. After serving in his country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ban spent 12 years working for the United Nations before being named Korea’s Foreign Minister in 2004. In 2006 he was selected to replace Kofi Annan as UN Secretary General. After reminiscing on his graduate school days...
...fact, since Dunham has declined to do interviews since the campaign began, most of what we know about her is from Obama himself, who referenced her in two of the most important speeches of his career...