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...novel in which Juan becomes insane and leads a revolution of the tenants' pets. Like the images, the conclusion is another object added to Arenas' string, so that by the end of the novel it is as if we hold in our hands not a cohesive story, but a stack of pages held together only by a bead of glue...
...rest of us have family albums to remind us of what we looked like in youth. Jodie Foster could have a movie library and a stack of press clippings. Because she has been an actress for 25 of her 28 years, she can screen the public record of her childhood. Anyone can. You can re-view her evolution from tadpole to tomboy and beyond: in the Coppertone commercial, the Disney pictures, the sitcoms, Taxi Driver, Bugsy Malone. And you can scan the interviews she gave to magazines from age 11 onward. Dear reader, we have in our possession a tape...
...Keep it short. Think of the person who's got twelve projects due in the next 48 hours. The boss comes in with a stack of 300 resumes and says, "Take a look at these, will you? Give me the list of finalists in the morning." While this may sound extreme, it illustrates the point: the average cover letter and resume really do only get 60 seconds of review. A long cover letter is laborious; a powerful and succinct cover letter encourages the reader to spend more time on the applicant's materials...
...know quite how the guys will stack up," Fish said. "We have five seniors from the group last year. So we'll have to wait...
...know quite how the guys will stack up," Fish said. "We have five seniors from the group last year. So we'll have to wait...