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...that you never have to get a real job. Schmooze with high society at the Breakers resort in Palm Beach as a pool and beach attendant. But be warned that the standards are high—only those who can apply sun-block, adjust an umbrella, and mix a stiff gin and tonic all at once need apply. (And we’re guessing that cabana-boy man-thongs are par for the course as well.) Jump on these opportunities and this summer need not be lost. And while you’re at it, don’t forget...
...There's stiff competition - the handling of mad cow disease, the royal family's years of dysfunction - but it is hard to think of anything in modern times that has held Britain up to such, and such richly deserved, international contempt as the case of the 15 captured mariners in the Shatt al Arab. There was the original sin; messing about in lightly armed little boats in a waterway contested by Iran - a bit like poking a mad dog in the eye without being prepared to clobber it with a big stick if it bites. There has been the miserable...
...here's the uncomfortable truth. Britain needed both Thatcher and Diana. Its old institutions were indeed rotten; its disdain for trade, for market values, was indeed debilitating, and condemned generations of Britons to stunted life chances. Britain's traditional masculine values of the stiff upper lip and "mustn't grumble" did indeed breed emotional cripples, unable to appreciate the heights - or handle the depths - of human experience...
...It’s no fun to be held accountable for what’s ailing you. But worse than stiff and judgmental reprimands are those times that nurses and doctors try to aggressively demonstrate their open-mindedness by incorporating mothering into their medicine...
...season had culminated in IFA and regional victories before he led the squad into the national competition with 11 fencers as a long shot for a title repeat.But success was not assured entering that weekend’s competition, as he faced some stiff competition.The opposition included Notre Dame fencer Patrick Ghattas, who had finished in the runner-up spot each of the last three years. “The field in general was probably the strongest I’ve seen in the last five or six years,” Brand said. “Especially with Penn...