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...full free day, what would you do with it? -Susan Watkins, Forth Worth, TexasPretty much what I do at work: I cook, I travel, I love watching films, I love writing recipes. It's truly a joy. I love writing in general and I'm a huge film buff so I like to catch up with some movies, and I like to eat and sleep a lot [laughs]. I either do absolutely nothing, or do what I do for a living. Or I might jump out of an airplane. I do enjoy that...
...same dramatic topography inspired the 18th century economist Adam Smith, a hero of Brown's and a fellow alumnus of the local high school in Kirkcaldy, to think about the virtues of global trade. The ships Smith watched on the Firth of Forth, Brown says, carried both goods and people - Scottish emigrants leaving for the New World. "All the songs of Scotland are sad songs," Brown says, in a two-hour interview with TIME. "They're songs of departure about people who will never see each other again because they've gone to America." Brown, who is making a trip...
...years of release. The CORI effectively serves as a scarlet letter on job applications: inviting censure and exclusion, regardless of the offender’s contrition or rehabilitation. The CORI reform bill currently up for debate in the Massachusetts legislature, proposes to change all of this. The reforms set forth by Gov. Deval L. Patrick ’78 include sealing felony records 10 years after release from prison (this will not apply to sex offenders), sealing misdemeanor records five years after release, and making the CORI form easier to read and process. Legislators on the Judiciary Committee hope...
...Unconsciously, she had been running her fingers back and forth across the shell of her pet turtle, Orlando. Some months ago, in a fit of boredom, she had encrusted its shell with sapphires and peridots, moonstones and jade. Too weary to argue with her, Frederick had paid...
...George. Both leads, Prinze and Manning, are experienced enough actors to deliver believable performances, though Manning’s dynamic character somewhat steals the show. As a victim of cystic fibrosis with bright blonde hair who manages to radiate happiness in spite of her condition, Jill is back-and-forth between jovial and sad. Manning’s ability to balance both of these emotions—as well as embody their effects in one performance—is noteworthy, while Prinze’s role requires little more effort than putting on a frown and a furrowed brow...