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15. Remember the folks who put out the daily paper. We do almost the same exact thing every day, 150 times in a year. Almost all of us either are drawn to this vocation by some sort of serious personality defect or else become progressively crazier as we clock more...

Author: By David C. Newman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The FM Way: Fifteen Steps to Self-Improvement | 12/12/2002 | See Source »

After all, kidnapped Iraqi weapons scientists—people whose chosen vocation is creating the very missiles and aerosols that our Department of Defense presumes to be pointed at us—are perhaps not the most likely to ’fess up the location of their alleged deadly...

Author: By Simon W. Vozick-levinson, | Title: Defective Defection | 12/10/2002 | See Source »

Once in a while I want to walk through a dining hall and hear someone respond to “what do you think of Israel?” with, “Actually, I’m really struggling with it.” I want to hear someone...

Author: By Katie Disalvo, | Title: Rhetoric or Poetry | 11/22/2002 | See Source »

In the case of Steorts, it appears that he does not disagree with my theology or my vocation as preacher, but only with my politics when they disagree with his. Somehow, he must understand that the price of a free pulpit is to hear things you would rather not hear...

Author: By Peter J. Gomes, | Title: Understanding the Price of a Free Pulpit | 10/31/2002 | See Source »

Now in his 20s, Alex buys and sells autographs as his vocation. His avocations include drinking and drugging to the point of blackouts, cheating on his girlfriend and infuriating his friends, who have arranged for him to say Kaddish (the Jewish mourner's prayer) for his father, in the hope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: A Frenzy of Renown | 9/30/2002 | See Source »

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