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...York City and Los Angeles; in L.A., 43% of applicants for those courses are men. A rush of men is hitting employment agencies like Help Unlimited in Washington, which says males account for half its placements in secretarial and administrative temp jobs, up from just a few before 2000. Maria Raimo of Elite Nannies in New York City says, "Male applications are way up in the past year, what with all the layoffs. I have people who used to work at IBM and other corporations registering as housemen, companions for the elderly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Want Your Job, Lady! | 5/12/2003 | See Source »

...Holdings are the kind of owners Heavin hoped for when he set the monthly franchise fee at a low $395 in 1995. His success took the franchise industry by surprise. "A few years ago, this company called Curves started showing up on our lists," says Maria Anton, executive editor of Entrepreneur magazine, which recently ranked Curves the fastest-growing franchise in the world. "We said, 'Whoa, where did this company come from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Franchising: A Slim Gym's Fat Success | 5/5/2003 | See Source »

More than a hundred drawings hung in delicate gold frames fill four rooms of the Lee Gallery. The drawings range from delicate sepia-toned sketches of wooded landscapes by Pieter Bruegel the Elder to vibrant watercolors from lesser-known artists such as Maria Sibylla Marian...

Author: By Ashley Aull, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bruegel and Rembrandt Drawings Come to Fogg | 4/25/2003 | See Source »

...Lowry isn’t the typical assigned reading. Her schoolteacher demeanor and the subject matter harkened back to the halcyon days of fourth grade. When Fairy Tales Professor of German Literature and Language Maria Tatar announced Lowry’s guest stint, the Sackler lecture hall crowd was abuzz with nostalgic exclamations. Several weeks later when Lowry appeared to discuss her book, more than a few clever students had well worn copies of Number the Stars in hand for Lowry to sign...

Author: By Julia N. Bonnheim, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lois Lowry Has The Answers | 4/17/2003 | See Source »

...Shannon Oatey, who plays Olivia’s handmaiden Maria, steals the comic scenes from both of them with her commanding portrayal of the wench Maria. Oatey’s Maria is playful and clever, sassy and smart and always commands the stage even when she’s just in the background reacting with bemused facial expressions. The actress does double duty, as she also plays Sebastian...

Author: By Stephanie E. Butler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Review: Bard's Classic Comedy Comes to Quincy | 4/14/2003 | See Source »

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