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...Except the trouble is, as a creator...I saw a lovely analogy recently. Somebody said that writers are like otters. And otters are really hard to train. Dolphins are easy to train. They do a trick, you give them a fish, they do the trick again, you give them a fish. They will keep doing that trick until the end of time. Otters, if they do a trick and you give them a fish, the next time they'll do a better trick or a different trick because they'd already done that one. And writers tend to be otters...
Pilots joke that airline flying is hours of boredom interrupted by seconds of excitement during takeoff and landing. But they add, that's why they get paid so much-and train so extensively...
...House leadership aides was extremely skeptical of the idea. ?How do you stop a freight train?? But another top aide said it would be discussed, showing just how direly the fiscal situation is regarded in the Republican conference...
Despite the hazards, the pilgrims keep coming. You can reach Bodh Gaya by flying from New Delhi to Patna, the capital of the state of Bihar, and hiring an SUV for $45 for a bumpy three-hour road trip or by taking a train to the Gaya, half an hour away. You won't find anything remotely like a luxury hotel in Bodh Gaya, but the Lotus Nikko (about $70 a night for a double room) is comfortable. Some monasteries also offer rooms to visitors...
Other planned initiatives include a program to train civil-rights lawyers to be expert witnesses; support of the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act of 1965; a joint program with the Kennedy School of Government in criminal justice policy; and a pro-bono project to overturn wrongful convictions...