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...America and much of the modern world, the question “what do you do?” is closely tied up with the more important one, “who are you?” As staunch individualists and rather fervent egoists, our self-conceptions depend heavily on the work we do, the individual force we are able to exert on the world we seek to shape...
While the insiders are probably on to something with all this talk about “image,” they seem to be forgetting the key element behind what makes a singer successful. Even in this dark time of ’NSYNC and Enrique Iglesias, singers still depend on their music more than anything else to sustain album sales and fan support. Entertainment critics talk endlessly about Madonna’s miraculous ability to “reinvent” herself and her music, but although her various costumes and public romances have helped to keep...
...part of the 2002-3 academic year threatens to damage the educational experience of undergraduates, both inside and outside the department. This shortage is especially acute in American history—the most popular specialty within the department—which stands to lose seven of its faculty. Undergraduates depend on the availability of faculty as both advisors and instructors, and only by reforming its sabbatical policy can the University avoid repeating this mistake...
...week when he issued his statement on the Bush budget. But he made it clear that Democrats planned to pounce on the baby-boom fears that their government retirement savings could vanish like Enron's 401K did. "The biggest victims" of the Bush budget, Daschle charged, "are people who depend on the government for their retirement security...
...would depend on how important that client [the SEC] was,” Hayes said. “If it’s 1 percent of [DynCorp’s] business it probably isn’t, but if it’s 10 or 15 percent that could be more of a problem...