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...just how much personal sacrifice does it require to be an academic married to an academic? To a large degree, the type and the extent of the sacrifice depends on what rung of the career ladder each spouse...
...take of family life, its perilous candor and its resilience. The play evokes the temper and flavor of the years just after World War II, when economic change was the order of the day. The father went to work at a time when men could climb the corporate ladder on raw ability. Now nearing 40, he sees the G.I. Bill breeding a generation of credentialed newcomers to dislodge him from his modest perch. That is why he rests his hopes so crushingly on his precious sons, and why he alone has a sense of the tragedy that could follow their...
...Quicksilver (hence the title of the movie). There, he meets up with aspiring capitalist Hector Rodriguez (Paul Rodriguez), a happy-go-lucky Mexican who's biding his time at Quicksilver's until he has saved enough money to purchase a hot-dog cart and work his way up the ladder of success...
...year captain said that Princeton will present Harvard with its toughest challenge in four years. The Crimson's trouble may come in the middle of the ladder--at four and five--and with the lower seeded matches...
Reagan said he wanted to "redefine government's role: not to control, not to command, not to contain us; but to help in times of need; above all, to create a ladder of opportunity to full employment so all Americans can climb toward economic power and justice on their...