Word: careers
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...media would be calling it "touching and credible" if a teen pregnancy had occurred in the Obama family. Everyone would be writing about the tragedy of teen pregnancy in the African-American community, the high school dropout rate of teen mothers and so on. Obama's career would be under fire, and no one would be spinning myths to stop it. Catherine D. Nardi, Chicago...
That's because, movie-industry Republicans will tell you quietly, tilting right in Hollywood isn't just rare; it can hurt your career. "Why aren't there more Republicans in Hollywood?" asks Voight. "If you answer that, you get into trouble." He recently wrote an anti--Barack Obama Op-Ed in the Washington Times that led a Hollywood blogger to suggest that producers should deny him roles. "If they don't like my acting, that's one thing," Voight says. "But to encourage a blacklisting of somebody for their political views...
After the Pompidou became a hit with tourists, Piano might have been expected to go on to a career-length succession of wild and crazy schemes. But lurking within him was a closet classicist. That became obvious in 1987 with the opening of his Menil Collection in Houston--another startling building, but this one startling in its simplicity. A subdued, low-rise museum, the Menil is a machine for delivering light, which it coaxes indoors in just the right amounts through an ingenious roof system of louvers...
DIED Dick Lynch, former defensive back and longtime radio announcer for the New York Giants, led the NFL in interceptions in 1961 and '63. Sometimes chided for peppering his broadcasts with greetings to his family and stories about his football glory days, Lynch did have a solid career to boast about. He played college ball at Notre Dame, and as an eight-season Giant, he helped the team advance four times to the championship game, which wouldn't be called the Super Bowl until 1967. He played in 97 regular-season games and scored seven career touchdowns. Lynch...
...annual Office of Career Services Career Forum included the usual big names: the CIA, Abercrombie & Fitch, NASA, and... Lehman Brothers?... Oh, wait. While many students and recruiters were out in full force at Gordon Track last Friday, lots of the big finance companies failed to make an appearance at the Office of Career Services Career Forum. But that’s not to say that the rockin’ fair was full of doom and gloom. One company that seemed determined to keep the good times coming, despite the plunging economy, was Facebook. “Everyone is very smart...