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In a recent survey of future law school students conducted by Kaplan Educational Centers, 38 percent of respondents said they are attracted to the legal profession by a long-term interest in law; eight percent cited financial rewards; and a mere two percent said they are drawn by the prestige...
It may seem that street musicians play simply for fun, but for many it is a true source of income and a lifestyle all its own. According to Jorge Garces, a street performer with the Peruvian folk music group Inca Sun, street performance is a much more common profession in...
Charles Kindregan, co-author of a book onMassachusetts general practices in family law anda professor at Suffolk University, said, "Ingeneral, juvenile records are sealed because mostpeople in the profession feel that when a juvenilematter is over, it's over."
Here's a work of fiction--no, scratch that, a testament of bitter truth--that answers a question unasked since the dawn of literature: What is a mortgage bond? The answer in Bombardiers (Random House; 319 pages; $22) seems to be: That which the selling of makes your teeth itch...
Factor in the new pressure to control costs, and doctors are in a real bind. The medical profession sees increased danger in the new era of managed care, in which hospitals and clinics must treat more patients more quickly with smaller staffs. "In the rush for cost containment, the caliber...