Word: teller
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...fact, the new regulatory changes are an indication of growth in the witchcraft industry. In 1998, the last time the town addressed the issue, it had legislated a quota allowing only one professional fortune-teller per 10,000 Salem residents. That amounted to roughly three psychics, although another nine or so were grandfathered in. The city council also licensed some psychic stores, which were allowed to subcontract to five fortune-telling workers apiece...
Obama knows he is not the first to compete in a Democratic primary as the self-styled truth teller against the party's Establishment and entrenched interests. Gary Hart tried it against Walter Mondale in 1984, and in the pre--Sister Souljah months of 1992, Paul Tsongas famously branded Clinton a "pander bear." Bill Bradley and Howard Dean took their turns in 2000 and 2004. Obama says he is well aware of how the approach turned out for his predecessors in the role: "They lost...
...began with a simple question: Did he think he would win? To most politicians, it would have been a welcome softball. But nothing came easy to Russia's tortured leader. "I'm a President," he sputtered, "not a fortune-teller." And off he stormed...
...opened with the simplest of questions: Did he think he would win? To a smooth politician, it would have been a welcome softball. But nothing came easy to Russia's tortured President. "I'm a President," he sputtered with obvious disdain, "not a fortune teller." And off he stormed...
...crazy to try and make your living this way. It is not a business from someone who needs a salary,” says Thomas M. Viertel ’63, an established producer who got into show business as a hobby and has since discovered Penn & Teller and produced famed Broadway shows such as “The Producers” and “Hairspray.” “Make sure you either have inherited money or a day job,” he advises.Many in the theater world hold second or even third jobs...