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With pickings slimmer in major cities, job seekers who once turned up their noses at small-town positions are now eagerly foraging for them. Dan Zumbiel, 34, was an ad copywriter in Manhattan, moving up at powerful agencies Ogilvy & Mather and DCA Advertising. Then came Sept. 11, 2001, followed by his layoff. He found the job market so tight that as a survival strategy, he expanded his job search to smaller markets. So when an agency in Sheboygan, Wis., called, "I thought: 'I've got nothing keeping me in New York, so I might as well give it a shot...
There are indications, however, that serious Army traditionalists have come to recognize there may be a need for a specialized peacekeeping force. "We're clearly moving in that direction," said retired Lieut. General Dan Christman, a former superintendent of West Point. "There's a desire to serve in the generation now maturing--and they might well be attracted to the model that you describe. But it would have to be done within the culture and traditions of the military...
...felt like Dan Marino back there, just sitting, surveying the defense,” Fitzpatrick said. “I’m not sure I like that pocket passing better than what I’m used...
...felt like Dan Marino back there, just sitting, surveying the defense,” Fitzpatrick said. “I’m not sure I like that pocket passing better than what I’m used...
...John Belushi biography "Wired," Bob Woodward asked Dan Aykroyd why he joined Belushi in shooting heroin. Because, came the reply, it makes you feel wonderful - that is, before it kills you. Why would anyone take a drug simply because it kills you? The potential consequences have to be considered a side effect, however likely and looming, to whatever pleasure the drug offers...