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Bravo for your salute to American ingenuity and entrepreneurial skill that your story "Now Hiring" so convincingly demonstrates [Nov. 24]! Reading about the unemployed who are successfully taking risks and adapting to career changes is such a contrast to listening to the noisy strikers and whining demonstrators who seem to be everywhere these days. Your article showed people unafraid of a radical career change supported in part by American self-confidence as well as our sense of mobility. Seeing new jobs, even if temporary or minimum-wage work, as a challenge is an American answer to dreary job entrenchment...
...rocky graves in Paktia. The incidents are bound to inflame anger at American soldiers and the pro-U.S. President, Hamid Karzai. The deaths embarrassed U.S. military commanders struggling to bring security and normality to the country, and deepened worries among Afghan authorities and civilians about the accuracy and skill of U.S. counterinsurgency methods. "It shows the need for better coordination," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Omar Samad, "and that we need to look at the intelligence-gathering process...
...feet in the corner of the stage, it was hard to tell what she was feeling. She never really projected the resolve and strength that characterized Helena. She came off best in the first part of the play, when she was weepy and despairing; she showed less skill as a resourceful and bold heroine, although she exhibited flashes of those qualities in her argument with the King...
...Elliott’s, while Fabolous mumbles sullenly about Mike Tyson. Missy’s ballads are almost always her weakest points, so these are not huge losses, and Jay-Z’s guest spot on “Wake Up” is discharged with the appropriate skill and brevity. Missy is still possibly the most exciting mainstream hip-hop artist around, even if she can’t quite sustain it over an entire album...
...Even those boneheads could figure it out,” Brian M. Byrne, The Crimson’s 22-year veteran press operator told us. The boneheads he alluded to were the FM editors who had retired in December. An unfavorable comparison to their organizational skill was a much needed wake up call. We were still slow sometimes, but we felt considerably worse about it. So it was no surprise to discover this week that both George D. Dioguardi, the plate maker, and Byrne have daughters who are close to college-age. This explains the comforting mixture of paternal concern...