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...titles and a roster of literary awards to her long, unwieldy name. Born in suburban north London, McCaughrean has written for as long as she can remember. But it took a couple of false starts as a secretary and, disastrously, a schoolteacher before she settled into a 10-year stint as a subeditor on serial titles such as The Fisherman's Handbook and Great Composers. It was a no-nonsense school of writing that might demand a four-page story or a poem to accompany a leftover illustration - by lunchtime. McCaughrean calls it "the best job I ever...
This March 5, Jon Stewart will step from behind The Daily Show desk onto the stage of the Kodak Theatre, becoming the first talk-show host to emcee the Oscars since David Letterman's career-braking stint in 1995. (He bombed with the "Oprah ... Uma" joke in his monologue and never quite recovered that night.) Stewart will also be credited or blamed for the size of the TV audience. Billy Crystal is the current ratings champ: his 2004 stint was the most-watched Oscar show since 2000, the last time he emceed...
...relentless separations put particular stress on children. When schoolteacher Claudia Gonzlez's husband returned after a two-year stint as a farmworker in Texas, her young daughter chased her father out of the house, yelling, "You don't live here. Go back to Texas!" Says Gonzlez: "No amount of money from up north can bring those years back...
Most Harvard seniors accept their degree as if it were a baton, rushing off to the next lap of life—sometimes a stint in investment banking or professional school...
...haven’t give up that many shots. They’re one of the quickest teams in the country.” The loss marked the first time this season the Crimson has dropped a game in which it scored first.Harvard now begins a 19-day stint away from competition before rejoining the ECAC race with a road clash against traditional nemesis Dartmouth on Jan. 30. —Staff writer Jonathan Lehman can be reached at jlehman@fas.harvard.edu...