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REST ROOMS Most politicians who leave public life to try to reap millions in the private sector end up at lobbying firms. Mark Ghermezian went into marketing. Three years ago, when running for senior-class president at his high school in Edmonton, Canada, Ghermezian tacked campaign posters over urinals and discovered that this placement could be quite effective. Now 20 and a part-time student at Yeshiva University in New York City, he runs Flush Media, which places full-color print ads in stalls and above urinals. His primary venues are in Canada at places like Calgary International Airport...
...challenges that face police officers are far outweighed by the rewards that they reap, they concluded...
...actions speak louder than words, then McAuliffe’s unrelenting persistence to earn a spot on the Harvard varsity softball team is telling. Her actions have won the admiration and respect of her coaches and teammates. Now Harvard softball will reap the benefits of her presence this season...
...open some beers, and the afternoon takes another turn for the weird. "I've got 600 ballpoint pens in a box under that desk," Swaffield says abruptly. "I still don't know what to do with them." Or with those wafer-thin frogs, peeled lovingly from roads around Siem Reap and now drying in his window box. He cranks up his Mac to display his latest work: bizarrely beautiful etchings of Angkorian temples where rioting fig-tree roots pulsate and twist in freakish homage to the stone gods. "Surreal, obviously," says Swaffield. Obviously. "I've started messing about with robotics...
Even for students who don’t plan to stay in the States forever, the career incubation period can be quite lengthy. Kabue, from Nairobi, Kenya, says it could take a generation for his home country to reap the rewards of his experience abroad. “I think it will be necessary for me to stay here for a few years, 10 maybe 20 years, to get the experience and money to take back to Kenya,” he says. “Everyone is hoping that I will come back with something new that you could...