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...that I had some jobs picked out--four restaurants, a temp agency, two hyperactive sounding boutiques at Faneuil Hall and a jewelers--I needed a map. I went to three terminal gift shops, and none had a city map; only postcard foldouts of the Freedom Trail and a glossy New England map extravaganza which was far beyond my means and interests. Eventually, a woman at the car rental desk gave me a Mapa de Boston, written entirely in Portugese, but with most downtown streets clearly marked and cartooned throughout, with yellow financial buildings and red churches. The time had come...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Situations Wanted | 10/13/1988 | See Source »

...America and Britain before her family settled near San Diego when she was 14. Although her father was a middle-class gardener, she identified with those who had not yet fit into the economic system. She became a sometime actress who also worked as a maid and at a temp agency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Visions From The Past | 7/11/1988 | See Source »

SPEED-THE-PLOW. Playwright turned Filmmaker David Mamet returns to Broadway and skewers Hollywood. Singer Madonna stars as a temp secretary with big plans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Jun. 13, 1988 | 6/13/1988 | See Source »

SPEED-THE-PLOW. Playwright turned Filmmaker David Mamet returns to Broadway and skewers Hollywood. Singer Madonna stars as a temp secretary with big plans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: May 30, 1988 | 5/30/1988 | See Source »

...four-week job-training program for people over 50. The part-time work has helped people like Kathrine Gaik, 76, dodge an idle old age. The Travelers Insurance Co. of Hartford is saving more than $1 million a year by hiring back retired workers instead of paying fees to temp agencies. What is more, says Employment Director Donald K. Deward, "we get better, more competent, dedicated and highly motivated people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Grays on The Go | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

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