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When Casey Woo ’03 landed a position as an analyst with the investment bank Morgan Stanley in New York, he thought his exhausting undergraduate routine had paid off. He had a hot job, and he had mastered the Harvard lifestyle, which he was sure would serve him well in the workplace...
...York counterpart and former roommate, Woo says many don’t quite understand what the job comprises. “A lot of people ask what I do for 80 hours a week...
With many months practice in model-making, Woo immediately puts i-banking in a nutshell: “Essentially, my boss schmoozes with CEOs on the golfcourse to convince them to do something to make money in the big picture. I’m in the small picture. I do all the gruntwork, crunching numbers and creating presentations...
...Dog—and the media’s talk of “vetting” reflects an interest in returning to values Americans want in their leaders. This is what vetting is all about: fitting candidates into their proper political boxes and figuring out which constituencies they woo best, be it the soccer moms or the NASCAR dads. Clearly vetting is not a very nuanced process—for media characterizations it’s the sound bytes that sell...
...about her, presumably her resemblance to that girl from E.T. After Roth flirts with her, they agree to meet for breakfast the next day. When he arrives however, she doesn’t remember him; soon, he discovers that she has complete short-term memory loss. Obviously, he must woo her anew every day, often with the help of his animal coterie or his wacky friends like gay Polynesian Ula (Rob Schneider) and Lucy’s oddly lisping muscleman brother Doug (Sean Astin). The film comes equipped with the usual Sandlerian antics, but a special surprise ending...