Word: international
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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They tell us to traipse the planet, learn languages and intern in rural villages—all in the name of a “meaningful” study abroad experience. What, though, constitutes a “meaningful” abroad experience? Is it a five-week summer program in Rio de Janeiro that comes conveniently with a Harvard stamp of approval and a corresponding price...
...finding himself without his Senate liaison and Idaho campaign chairman, declared, "It's disgusting," before reminding the jury that sin is bipartisan: "I think we've all heard the story about Bill Clinton and the fact that he let us down in his personal conduct with a White House intern." John McCain called Craig's conduct "disgraceful," but to him the crime was political--"It harms our reputation with the American people"--as though the current public contempt for politicians weren't actually driven by the same partisan, poll-parsing instinct he was demonstrating. On the other side, one gleeful...
...don’t drink coffee and had never tried an energy drink before. So, when offered a Power Horse on my first day as an intern, I should have just said no. At the meeting, the writers immediately offered the interns cans of the potent drink. “It’s like this Austrian energy drink 5 times the power of Red Bull, and totally illegal in the United States,” they said, gesturing to the stacked cases. We all dutifully grabbed a heavy...
...meeting was awful. My hands shook, if they weren’t tightly grasping the can. Every time the editor asked me something, I had no idea what was going on, and was outdrawn by Super Intern every time. I didn’t eat anything that entire day, didn’t need to, I had my Power Horse...
From our office in Hartford, we Connecticut Republicans can only watch in horror. But life as an intern for the minority party does not consist solely of predicting the world's demise over the water cooler. In fact, I am running a cold campaign: helping town committee chairmen navigate campaign finance regulations, planning local television ads, and researching all that Congressman Murphy does wrong. Non-election years are the time for contemplation and preparation, when Republicans see the consequences of their defeat and remember why they even run against Democrats in the first place...