Word: rat
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Corin Tucker, singer and guitarist for the great punk trio Sleater-Kinney, was talking about the night she crossed paths with the Backstreet Boys. "They were recording in the same studio. It was"--in a perfect mall-rat accent--"we're definitely meeting them. For sure. We met the one, I think his name is Kevin." She was asked whether the pop star treated her as if she were a besotted fan or another musician. "Well!" Tucker said. "Total besotted fan. He didn't see me as a musician at all. He doesn't know...
...searches taking just more than three months on average, those with a brief severance period don't have much cushion. But a long severance period can give jobless people a false sense of security. Too often they take what they believe is a well-deserved break from the rat race. Employers are extremely wary of applicants with that kind of gap in their resume. A job seeker is like lettuce to the employer. The fresher you are to the hunt--a week or 10 days off to get the resume tuned up--the better. When a potential employer asks, "What...
...Tony suspected that someone was likely to be a Judas, what would he do? He'd have him over to the house for some baked ziti, treat him like a prince, get him tickets to a ballgame. The rat might then feel guilty and recant - or not, as the case may be, but at least Tony would have given him a chance to reconsider before getting out the baseball...
...real theatre rat," he said. "That's where I found my most meaningful relationships and insight on the world...
...more than 100 rounds of ammunition from his collection. At the insistence of Harland Braun, the criminal lawyer retained by Blake after the murder, the police have also carted away three steamer trunks, five boxes and six suitcases of Bakley's documents, photos and recordings. "She was a pack rat," said Braun. "She kept every document involved with her." The documents, he says, will help identify Bakley's enemies and perhaps pinpoint a suspect from the countless scams she worked, including trying to pass hundreds of thousands of dollars in bad checks, claiming affairs with celebs and perpetrating a lonely...