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It’s counter-intuitive, but true, I think. Odds are, the vast majority of graduating seniors are going to be sluiced into some really nasty, unfulfilling full-time jobs. The trick is not in avoiding these jobs in the first place—that’s impossible—but in beating a hasty retreat as soon as possible. Long term, the only truly unhappy grads are those who, by fooling themselves or simply giving in, let their quests for happiness be sidetracked permanently...
...conflict began on a college campus, when, in 1968, collar popping was recognized by students in Princeton, New Jersey. They erected a vast Aztec-style temple complex dedicated to the popped collar on the site of today’s Frist Center. The conflict even extended to popular heroes of the day. Alan Shepard (from New Hampshire) popped his collar during his post-orbit press conference. John Glenn (from Ohio) did not. By the 1980s, popping one’s collar had become a fashion statement for sailors and rowers—golfers had given it up once sweater sets...
...security services are embarrassed because they have spent vast sums over six years but they still can't catch Basayev, and here he is talking to a journalist." ANDREI BABITSKY, journalist, on Moscow's decision to bar U.S.-based abc News from Russia after it broadcast his interview with Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev...
...financial boost should help the best-managed African countries spend more on health, education and infrastructure. But the images from Niger are a timely reminder that helping Africa is not only difficult but sometimes near impossible. The immediate reasons for the crisis in Niger are simple. The vast country, bigger than Britain, France and Germany combined, sits astride the southern edge of the Sahara in a belt of dry savanna known as the Sahel. In good years, farmers there grow enough food for their families plus a bit extra that they can sell or store away. But the past couple...
...family debated whether to go down to be with her in Florida, and as my mother tried to wrangle information on her condition out of the vast nursing bureaucracy, I stayed in close touch. My grandmother slowly learned to walk again at a rehab facility, exhibiting her indomitable spirit and her own powerful determination to live independently...