Word: careers
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...Foxworthy jokes that he answers approximately 55% of the show's questions correctly - putting him at about a third-grade knowledge level - that hasn't stopped him from agreeing to host a new, daily syndicated version to complement the weekly broadcast. Foxworthy chatted with TIME about his pre-comedy career as a technician for IBM, his signature mustache and - of course - being a redneck...
...mass rape and village relocations that have displaced 500,000 people in eastern Burma alone. Complicating matters, some ethnic groups are not Buddhist in a country where the junta celebrates that faith and often persecutes those who do not. (The Kachin, Chin and many Karen, for example, are Christian.) Career trajectories for many ethnic minorities are stunted. Despite their proud martial tradition, Kachin know it's nearly impossible to rise in the Burmese army beyond the junior rank of captain...
...Love Limbaugh I was deeply offended by Joe Klein's characterization of those Republicans opposed to Obamacare as "extremists" [Aug. 31]. I am a moderate Republican with a degree in economics and an M.B.A. I was a career military officer and now work in the defense industry. I do not view myself as an extremist. I oppose Obamacare solely on policy and fiscal issues. Klein would be wise in the future to use less accusatory language in his writings. Bill Walters, Maitland...
...consider himself a gossip columnist; he preferred fact over rumor and straightforward prose over snark. His staccato dispatches almost always began with a cheerful "Good Morning." Toward the end of his career, after Archerd had traded in his typewriter for a computer, Variety rechristened him "Hollywood's original blogger"--a title that perhaps best describes his tireless approach to covering what he called "the most exciting city in the world...
...testament—this first novel ‘V’—which suggests that no matter what his circumstances, or where he’s doing it, there is at work a young writer of staggering promise.”So began the literary career of Thomas Pynchon, whose latest novel, “Inherent Vice,” we gather here today to celebrate. Since George A. Plimpton ’50 wrote the above praise some 46 years ago, Pynchon has indeed succeeded in turning staggering promise into staggering achievement. His third novel, 1973?...