Word: doings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When the interviewers gather with the candidates for a 4 p.m. briefing session, you can tell at a glance who's who. The half-dozen Yalies sit stiffly in black suits and red ties. "No one told you guys it was business casual?" one interviewer says. Shemmer tries gamely to...
The search is efficient, even brutal. If Shemmer can't deduce what a company's Web address might be, it's history. "That's it," he says. "I might ask someone, but..." One target's Web site is unattractive and poorly designed, lacking basic information about management and investors. Shemmer...
A friend from Penn calls. A senior, he's considering taking a job with one of the big downtown banks. Shemmer is indignant. "Ninety percent of the analysts hate it," he tells his friend, a fraternity buddy. "There's no guarantee you're going to make more money." His friend...
The lunch tables disperse quickly--everyone's too busy to hang around--and Shemmer heads back to the same Web research he did this morning. I wander around the office to see what the other analysts do. I spend time with one employee who specializes in writing fairness opinions--reports...
Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz, who attended the book signing, dismissed Clinton's recent campaign troubles, calling her a "terrific candidate" who "will do very well."