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...fell into column writing almost accidentally. She graduated with a degree in History and Literature but had no clue what to do with it. A brief stint as a paralegal turned her off of a career in law, but her knack for grammar landed her a job in journalism. Soon she was editing for The Army Times, the media outlet for the armed forces. That led to a gig news editing at The Washington Post. There, while casually talking to superior about an advice columnist who neither of them liked, Hax blurted out, “What you really need...
...always at a huge disadvantage to the upperclass students who are “running out of time,” and therefore more “deserving” of a position. Friendships carry more weight with hirers, as do small meaningless details, such as e-mail grammar. Ability is no longer the determining characteristic where everyone’s able. The Rhodes Scholar applicants who didn’t receive Harvard’s support on Monday, and the writers who applied for columns and were rejected, and the singers who were refused membership to prestigious groups...
...grown from a rural grammar school in 1899 into a state university--it is what educators call a masters' institution--with 12,800 students, the school has worked hard to retain its cozy sense of community so that every student feels nurtured and challenged...
...first thing I did was fire me up a nice cigar." Then he hit the Dairy Queen "and got me a cheeseburger." Knight told the L.A. Times, "I guess God kept me in five years because he felt I had a lot to learn." Maybe so, though prison grammar classes aren't all they're cracked up to be. (Please don't kill...
...Probably in grammar school...