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...slide show is a journey," says Gore, standing beside his trusty screen in a Nashville hotel ballroom. It's mid-March, and he's addressing 150 people-students, academics, lawyers, a former Miss Oklahoma contestant, a fashion designer, a linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles. They've come at their own expense to learn how to give the slide show. There's an undeniable buzz in the room, the feeling that takes over a group that knows it's part of something that's big and getting bigger...
...With employers professing demand for veterans, and legions of veterans seeking work, where, then, is the problem? One clue comes up again and again in discussions with job-seeking vets: they miss their old jobs. Despite the rigid hierarchy, numbing bureaucracy - and moments of absolute, life-threatening terror - the military is a fine employer in many ways. "You're doing meaningful work, being part of something bigger than yourself," says Robin O'Bannon, 38, who retired from the Air Force...
...Golden said. “[But] we felt like the varsity eight had an accomplishment in beating Dartmouth and the 2V did well in beating out teams they had fallen to earlier in the season.” For the heavyweights, the first varsity boat narrowly missed the bronze, trailing third-place Princeton by just over a second in the Grand Final. Despite the narrow miss, the Black and White still gained on the national competition, taking out rival Dartmouth, a squad it had lost to twice already this season. For the heavies, that was a sign of good things...
...perfect world, an NBA referee is like a kid at a 1950s dinner table - seen, not heard, and most definitely not trying to be the center of the attention. The ref just needs to the keep the contest under control, be fair to both sides, and not miss the obvious call that could decide a game. The playoffs should be remembered for the hot shooting of the upstart Golden State Warriors, the acrobatics of New Jersey's Vince Carter, and the wizardry of Phoenix Suns' Steve Nash...
...might to suppress it, class at Harvard is like a cold sore: harmless but hard to miss. Globetrotting friends glibly recount their ski vacations at Vail or winter breaks in Fiji; BMWs line the parking lot between Lowell and the Fly; whole blocking groups oddly come from the same zip code...