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...industry, people who had summer internships, people who are going into the industry,” says Boris Gokhfeld ’04, who got a summer internship at Merrill Lynch through OCS last year. Believe it or not, not every high-paying job is also a snug fit. As Victor Y. Amoo ’05, co-president of Aspiring Minority Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs and a recruiting enthusiast, says, “Make sure that at the end of the day you’re going to what company and what industry makes you happy...
...said they would characterize the war in Iraq as having little or no value. On Wednesday, Reuters reported the Army’s disclosure that at least 13 soldiers have committed suicide in Iraq. Despite these conditions—Bush, who himself avoided serving in Vietnam—saw fit to egg on attacks against American troops with his infamous call to “Bring ’em on.” The troops, including many Army reservists and National Guard units, are anxious to return home to their lives and families, but remain uncertain of their future...
Davis' uncanny impersonations and his fancy footwork are almost too perfect a metaphor for a man who was so desperate to fit in he affected an English accent whenever he was in London. Haygood's Sammy is a hall of mirrors with nothing behind them. You can't quite like him--there's not enough of him there to like--but you can't look away. The book ends with a heart-stopping photo of Sammy at age 5, blacked up, ready for his killer impression, his Al Jolson: a black kid impersonating a white guy in blackface...
Even when a new community is a good fit and the relationships with their adult children and grandchildren go smoothly, many people find that resettling is most unsettling. Carol Dixon, 64, thought she knew all about grief and loss from her years as a hospice administrator. But when she and her husband Bob, 66, moved from Yellow Springs, Ohio, to a small mountain community in North Carolina to be near their son, she started to learn about loss firsthand. "We'd lived in Ohio for 32 years. Suddenly, I lost a community and job that I loved, a house...
...connection their children feel to the country they are living in." The key is to be honest with your kids. The children who have the hardest time adjusting are those whose parents have made false promises about the possibility of moving back abroad. Kids won't bother to fit in "back home," he explains, if they think there is a chance they might leave again...