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...never write anything longer than my name with a pen. A few minutes later, our babysitter showed up, and Cassandra and I headed off to dinner. We were 11 minutes into our experiment when, sitting in traffic, Cassandra suggested we call the restaurant to tell them we'd be late. Then she started singing Lady Gaga songs a cappella. Then she came up with a Twitter joke she wanted me to memorize so she could send it out the next day. Still, it was nice to talk, or sit quietly with the option of talking, without the other person typing...
...novelist lined up as many dramatic events as the author does here, his work would be blasted as contrived. Lowenstein, a magnificent business writer, creates an almost novelistic accounting of the all-too-real 2008 financial collapse. The book opens in late summer: Lehman Brothers is a hairbreadth away from collapse, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have been taken over by the feds, and AIG is veering toward disaster. After several decades of laissez-faire regulation, Wall Street is crying out to be rescued by the government...
...perceived value of that kind of experience helps explain why there's little organized resistance to unpaid internships in the U.S. These jobs have become such a widely acknowledged stepping stone to employment that in late March, the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive think tank in Washington, proposed the creation of a federal program that would give stipends to low-income students who take unpaid internships in public service, which the government defines as work at nonprofits and government agencies. (See the best business deals...
...seriously, sometimes didn't you think you should just go drinking and staying out late as payback? It wasn't like I was poor, pitiful Pearl that summer. I took a lot of care of myself. It's amazing how much beauty can be found in pain...
...After a mysterious late-night car wreck, wife Elin's 9-iron through the wrecked SUV window, the painfully public unraveling of his sterling, buttoned-up image, the revelation of his many mistresses and countless embarrassing text-messages, a trip to rehab, and several humiliating televised apologies, Woods returned to competitive golf on Thursday with the best opening round of his glittering Masters career. (See live Masters coverage and SI photos at Golf.com...