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...Fleischer? He is George W. Bush's chief spokesman, and therefore the link between the president and the public, but America doesn't know him. His resum seems pretty impressive, but that doesn't change the fact that we haven't listened to him, learned from him or made fun of him for the last eight years as we have Clinton's team. Yet every day Fleischer tells us what the president is doing and answers questions on his behalf. Given that he has held this job for the last two and a half weeks, this does not seem surprising...
When I listen to the stories of the immense experience and knowledge that everyone around me is gaining, I get really jealous. I can clearly see that I'm falling behind in the race to build the most impressive resum and meet the most helpful contacts. I also realize that I'm missing out on one of the few times that I have to experiment on my own for a summer...
...competing--and there is no nicer way to describe it--against your fellow classmates for the best jobs at the best firms, you begin to see how things really work. True, you submit your resum and transcript to each employer, outlining your achievements and scores. But if you have a friend already working at the firm, you can guarantee yourself a first-round interview, avoiding the massive weeding-out process that comprises the initial stage of recruiting...
Once you are interviewing, a sparkling GPA or a litany of awards may get a brief mention as the face across the table quickly scans your resum. However, the discovery that you and the interviewer have a common friend, or share a common interest, is golden. You could have no idea how to spell "investment bank," but if you're both amateur pilots, or your fathers went to the same law school, by golly, you're in. Your interviewer becomes your fiercest defender during the firm's decision-making process, and if he's got pull--again...
...beside each other on a lake shore, admiring each other. "It must be totally horrendous to be in love with something so like yourself," he remarked before launching into the next song. The songs themselves were a mix of old and new work (Hitchcock describes the show as "a resum of what I've done in music.") but it was the man's intermittent rant that was most fascinating. Interrupted occasionally by the entrance of other band members, he told of a higher plane of existence that is like a rock club, a dark place full of "the smells...