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...want, in a format that communicates clearly. For others sitting down to write a resume appears to be an exercise in shooting in the dark. They not only do not know what types of employers they are attempting to motivate, they are not clear what skills or experiences they possess that might be valued. In either case, the development of an effective resume is the same process...

Author: By Bill Wright-swadel, | Title: RESUME | 10/17/1997 | See Source »

...full of meetings has caused his 6-ft. 1-in., 200-lb. frame to slump, turned his trademark baritone voice into a whisper and probably added a touch more gray to his short, salt-and-pepper hair. But his eyes, peering out from behind steel-rimmed tinted glasses, still possess an uncanny intensity as he meditates on the first chapter of Paul's Letter to the Colossians, the Scripture text for his address to the hundreds of thousands he expects in Washington's National Mall this Saturday. Even in his exhaustion, he feels the resonance of the 24th verse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOD, FOOTBALL AND THE GAME OF HIS LIFE | 10/6/1997 | See Source »

...said there are two people so far who have been found to possess five of Alan's six antigens...

Author: By Aby. Fung and Laura E. Rosenbaum, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Friends Crusade for Marrow Match | 9/22/1997 | See Source »

...said it was unusual for a Caucasian person to possess such a good match to Alan's genetic make-up but surmised that she probably had some Asian blood...

Author: By Aby. Fung and Laura E. Rosenbaum, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Friends Crusade for Marrow Match | 9/22/1997 | See Source »

...there was any overpowering imperative in Cunanan's life, it was envy: of someone else's money, lover, looks, friends, life, happiness. If he saw things he wanted, he would worm his way toward them, through charm, intrusion and lies, traversing divergent worlds to possess or, as it turns out, to destroy. A flamboyant presence in Hillcrest, San Diego's gay district, he was also once "employed" by a member of Gamma Mu, the exclusive and discreet fraternity of rich gay men. Even as he mingled with closeted military men at San Diego's naval base, he knew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES | 8/4/1997 | See Source »

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