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...When it comes to innovations in library administration, glitzy new information technology generally gets the press. Yet the speed and glamour of digitized archives and meticulously cross-referenced databases overshadow one of the more fundamental changes in the structure of the modern research library: the invention of the book warehouse...
DIED. JEAN HOWARD, 89, starlet, socialite and photographer of filmdom's glamour set from the 1930s through the 1960s; in Beverly Hills, Calif. Her pictures of the bygone era appeared in a 1989 book, Jean Howard's Hollywood...
...with her blockmates in Eliot or stresses about her next thesis chapter. And, like so many other Harvard students, Chinwe has struck a balance between class and activities. Instead of rowing crew or clocking hours at the IOP, she juggles the daily grind of schoolwork with the glitz and glamour of modeling...
...Boston, Chinwe was hanging out at The Cambridgeside Galleria when a woman came up to her and asked her the notorious question, iHave you ever thought about modeling?i As luck would have it, Dynasty Modeling Agency had set up camp in the mall to snap shots of glamour-girl wannabes, and Chinweothe most glamorous of them alloleft the mall with a business card and an offer to take test shots. After talking it over with her mom, she decided to check out Dynasty for herself. The downtown Boston operation, wallpapered in icomposite cardsi of their modelsi headshots, overwhelmed...
...Chinwe says that after her graduation this spring, she plans to give up the glamour altogether. As Chinwe muses over numerous job offers, she says that she will not miss the catwalk. iIim leaning towards McKinsey right now, but I am also working at a dot-com that got funding,i she says. In addition to her modeling career, Chinwe works part time for a consulting firm and assists entrepreneurs, the source of her real passion. iThe way I always look at things is to focus on what I want in my life, and how badly I want...