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...slightest mistake. I also discovered that the staff at IceScapes was so young and inexperienced because of an astronomical turnover rate, and that my “friends” from high school—employees for a full three months longer than myself—felt quite comfortable ordering me around like the wretched serf that I was. Furthermore, when Ron told me that “you” could select music, I hadn’t realized that “you” actually meant my supervisor, Allie, who had one simple rule: Ashlee Simpson...

Author: By Asli A. Bashir, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: [NOT] Escaping Icescapes | 10/29/2008 | See Source »

...when his campaign collapsed in the summer of 2007, financially broke and in disarray. Back then, trusted friends advised him to withdraw rather than suffer a humiliating defeat. Even some of his closest associates were ready to give up, and it fell to McCain to tell them to quit feeling sorry for themselves, to lecture them about what it means to keep fighting for what you believe in. Of course, he was right, and he emerged improbably from a field of contenders to win the Republican nomination. "McCain doesn't have a lot of time for quitters," says a senior...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Against All Odds, McCain Still Sees a Final Comeback | 10/27/2008 | See Source »

...loser; it makes you a competitor," said Schmidt, according to an article in Sunday's Washington Post. "What makes you a loser is curling up into the fetal position at a time of adversity. The only thing that would ever define anyone as a loser is to quit before it is over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Against All Odds, McCain Still Sees a Final Comeback | 10/27/2008 | See Source »

...predicting a billion tobacco related deaths this century, unless we do something about it,” said Connolly, who said that he quit smoking after working in a hospital and seeing the effects that tobacco had on patients with lung disease. “We have to look at the tobacco product itself, which is currently exempt from every major health and safety regulation...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Studies Expose Tobacco Industry | 10/24/2008 | See Source »

Cole isn't the only telemarketer who refused to deliver the attack call, which has been made in several battleground states. Ted Zoromski of Middleton, Wisconsin, quit his job at a Madison firm rather than make the call. And some leading members of McCain's own party up for reelection, including Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Gordon Smith of Oregon, have called on McCain and the RNC to stop the robocalls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biden Rally Hosts Chaylee the (Fired) Telemarketer | 10/24/2008 | See Source »

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