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...motivation--one former senior FBI manager says he quit after tiring of the "constant berating" he got from lawmakers when briefing Congress. "All these factors play into a decision to leave: family, finances, burnout, pressure, criticism," he says. "You've worked your a__ off. Eventually you say, Hey, the heck with this...
Sure, it's easy to call Seacrest glitzy and vapid. Heck, let's do it: he is perfect for Idol because he so gamely embodies its glitziness and vapidity. Everything about his precision-moussed pate and cliffs-of-Dover grin screams, You are watching a show about show biz! But this is why the man can afford the finest hair gels and dentrifices: the successful host is wise enough to be the fool. There are exceptions, like the beneficent and vengeful god Oprah, but America tends to like its TV hosts risible: fussy Alex Trebek, funny-haired Donald Trump, screwball...
...26.He became inexplicably ill, losing 65 pounds and experienced constant diarrhea over the course of a year and a half. Doctors were unable to explain what was going on, and Pacelli was unsure what to do.“I didn’t know what the heck was going on,” Pacelli says. “It was both frightening and blissful at the same time.”The illness acted as a sort of spiritual awakening, he says. At a friend’s suggestion, Pacelli started reading about yoga. The illness...
...paraphrase Captain Renault in Casablanca, I'm shocked, shocked that there are consultants working in politics! Give me a break, Joe. When you litists stop covering the horse race and start addressing the issues, then consultants will have less sway over presidential elections. Heck, you guys are doing the consultants' jobs for them. You want to end the influence of media consultants on politics? Then stop playing their game, and cover campaigns in ways that benefit the American public...
...down, Kerr—like every varsity coach employed by the University—was already planning ahead and trying to secure the next crop of Crimson stars.At colleges across the country, it is this mysteriousness that makes the recruitment process as big a deal as it has become. Heck, for football, ESPN, Sports Illustrated, and the entire gamut of sports publications will devote countless words and hours of coverage to see where the top-ranked prep quarterback will sign (Tim Tebow, ranked by many as the best of the class of 2006, chose Florida over Alabama live on ESPNews...