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...your description of jobs that will disappear in this century, you listed stenographers (including court reporters and lots of secretaries). Whoa! Court reporters won't be replaced anytime soon, any more than fathers and mothers will be. There are too many vocal variables in courtrooms, depositions and live TV programming, not to mention foreign accents and the fast talkers of America. Until a machine can be trained to capture anyone all the time under a multitude of conditions, court reporters and stenographers will be needed. CARL SAUCEDA, PRESIDENT National Court Reporters Association Hayward, Calif...
Both Anna and Parham think the New York Times magazine article overdramatized their disappointment after their rejections. "It was always a childhood thing to go to Harvard so I figured I would apply. But it was never like, 'Whoa! I was devastated when I didn't get it' or something," Parham says. "Obviously, any kind of rejection is not going to be happy, but I just figured, like, 'Oh, so I got rejected. It's not a big deal...
GLASSMAN I just think people should know that in 1990 the Dow was at 2,600. In 1995 it [finished] at 5,100. Now, if you are Bob, you would say, "Whoa, we are about to have another crash like 1929." What has it done since the end of 1995? We are now, as we sit here, above 11,000 [the Dow closed at 10,609 last week], so I don't think it is predictive to say simply that if the Dow triples, it is going to crash. In the past 18 years, the Dow has risen...
...Whoa, talk about a small world...
...feel old. I didn't realize who had done what until we started doing these press events. And now I realize that I am the veteran. But I'm still a kid in a candy store-I'm just amazed every time I get on a set. Like, "Whoa, look at this stuff." I'm still running, banging my head into walls. Enjoying myself...