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Thus, as I hone my interview answers, polish my resume and look to my transcript for objective reassurance, I still cannot shake my nagging doubts. With out a skirt, is it really true that I’m just not well suited...

Author: By Lauren E. Baer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Well Suited for the Job | 11/7/2001 | See Source »

Harvard too helped Hax hone her natural skills of observing people. She credits the University with giving her valuable people experience. “It was great living among all kinds of people,” she explains, “I spent lots of time with them, even at times when I should have been at class. And that is the beauty of life at Harvard, there are people from all walks of life who are very gifted at expressing themselves. Not everybody is as good at articulating. Ideas are brought up at dinner and batted around...

Author: By Alice O. Wong, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ask Her About It | 10/18/2001 | See Source »

...more modern fare, hail another taxi for a five-minute ride west to the small, sleek ShanghART Gallery, where avant-garde artists show off their best work. The gallery is nestled in Fuxing Park, a secluded green space where pensioners go through the dreamlike motions of Tai Chi or hone their falsettos to traditional Shanghai opera...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Travel: Shanghai Surprise | 10/8/2001 | See Source »

...year-old barrel racer who competed while legally blind, a one-armed calf roper, and a 66-year-old bronco rider who managed to beat a group of 20-year-olds. Pride motivates the tales, especially because the current crop of rodeo seniors considers itself the last generation to hone its skills by working on ranches rather than at specialized roping schools or college rodeos. "So many people get older and begin to shut down," says Kedo Olson, who emcees the N.S.P.R.A.'s shows, "but when you see those people compete, you realize they're still in good shape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going For It: Ride 'Em, Pops! | 10/8/2001 | See Source »

...When classes began last November, Hanjour didn't show. Immigration officials, who rarely track the whereabouts of student visa holders, had no idea where he was. The FBI now believes he spent much of his time in San Diego and Maryland, trying to hone his flying skills. But it appears that he resurfaced two weeks ago. It was a man by the same name who piloted American Airlines Flight 77 into the west wall of the Pentagon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fortress America: No More Entry? | 10/1/2001 | See Source »

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