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Harvard Medical School assistant professor Paul M. Copeland routinely gives about a dozen industry-sponsored talks each year, earning anywhere from $1,250 to $2,000 per gig...
...Guys and Dolls gig should have been Simmons' passport to full American stardom. Instead, it signaled her passage into two kinds of films: small dramas, like Hilda Crane, Home Before Dark and All the Way Home, where her character was the focus; and splashy epics that concentrated on the men. She dallied with Newman in Until They Sail, supported Peck as he made his way across The Big Country and in Spartacus was the slave who is bought by Olivier but pines for Douglas. There was some meat for her to gnaw on there, and in another 1960 film, Elmer...
...adding a revenue stream as a paid analyst on the conservative national soapbox. Even before she made her Jan. 12 debut with Bill O'Reilly, the latest round of America's favorite parlor game, What Does Sarah Want?, was in full swing. Is Palin's television gig a sign that she is abandoning her political career and all 2012 aspirations? Or is Fox News meant to serve as the ideal launching pad for an eventual presidential bid fueled by massive grass-roots support...
...appearance of Schmidt on 60 Minutes in a piece discussing our reporting, much of the truth about Palin has begun to emerge. The questions are how she might respond and what effect the turn of events will have on her future - a future that now includes a gig at Fox News...
Nobody likes being wrong, especially in front of millions of people. But that's part of the gig. The 72-hour forecast is almost at 90% accuracy. Five-day is about 75% accurate. That's pretty good. It's easier to predict the weather than the economy, and it's not going to screw...