Word: careers
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...nation's economic woes, but "the Barbie market is very, very strong," says Sandi Holder, owner of the world's sole Barbie-only museum, located in Union City, Calif. And she should know: her biennial Barbie auction did well this year, despite the economy. Holder, who gave up her career as a pediatric intensive-care nurse in order to pursue her Barbie passion, even takes the cake with a world record: in 2004 she auctioned off for $27,000 a "#1" Barbie, the first-ever Barbie doll, which debuted in March 1959 at New York City's World Toy Fair...
...fascination with Barbie has kept countless numbers of people in work. Oklahoma artist Debbie Curtis has built a career around painting Barbie portraits, Texans John and Cindy Prewitt run a business selling handmade furniture for Barbie, and North Carolina's Bradley Justice runs a specialty Barbie shop...
...Jovi and Brad Pitt, plus an élite cadre of Wall Street and Silicon Valley scions, Booker's self-sacrificial tale is heroic. To his critics, Booker is still a publicity-loving political opportunist, a permanent outsider using the citizens of Newark to jump-start bigger things for his career...
...height of his career, Gatti lost three consecutive fights but none of his importance. His paychecks actually went up. Every fight was like a life-or-death crucible, and somehow he would survive to box again. Every fighter has a bout or two that mark the epitome of what he can do. Gatti had about 10 of them...
Caligiuri, a state senator, and Foley, the former ambassador to Ireland, call themselves outsiders. “I’m not a career politician,” Foley said, before touting 25 years of corporate experience. Meanwhile, Caligiuri cited his pledge to serve only two terms, unlike Dodd: “Dodd’s interest is in perpetuating his existence.” But why take a newbie instead of an old pro? Dodd, for example, is leading the debate over health care. “The fact that he’s in front of every issue...