Word: careers
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...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...
...British prime minister's office had never before seen anything quite like Cherie Blair. A renowned barrister who maintained her career while raising children at No. 10 Downing Street, Blair clashed regularly with the media, who considered her a bad fit for the role. In her surprisingly frank autobiography Speaking for Myself, released in the U.S. this month, Blair traces her rise from a working-class family in Liverpool to Britain's most storied address. She spoke with TIME in New York City about life in the media spotlight, the advice she received from Hillary Clinton and how history will...
Since leaving the Senate after the 2006 elections, Nunn has dedicated his career to the disarmament of nuclear weapons...