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...other elite workers--who tend to be older, better educated and highly trained--find themselves fighting for a shrinking pool of high-paying jobs. And in the wake of 9/11, only 12% of laid-off managers are willing to relocate for jobs, according to Chicago outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas--the lowest since the company began tracking that figure in 1986. "There's a need for security and comfort now," notes John Challenger, "[but that unwillingness] may contribute to longer unemployment for many." That helps explain why white-collar workers now make up a whopping 48% of those unemployed...
...placid skies on Sunday afternoon belie the fevered pitch in Quincy House Courtyard as two titans of the tiles met to see which Harvard student can best spell long and/or obscure words out of tiny white squares. A stoic Thomas, clad in a blue-and-gray shirt and khakis, shakes hands with a fidgety Washkowitz. Drawing letters from the bag to determine who goes first, Washkowitz wins. Shifting in his seat, he squints in the sunlight and scrutinizes his rack, placing VOID on the board. Thomas quickly counters with MAT, using the “A” to morph...
...rally also attracted locals, including one gray-haired man who approached the makeshift speaker’s podium in his plaid shirt before the rally and announced his firm opposition...
...that kept me smiling as I was typing these now-familiar snatches of dialogue. It also tucks a moral inside: not the 60s dream of racial justice but the very-now notion that the You inside you is faaaabulous. For Penny and Seaweed: black and white is better than gray. For Tracy and Edna: Fat is Phat, baby...
...Lost in Texas A Big Night for Bush The Night's Winners and Losers Dems Squander Their Chances Why Jeb Bush Won Big