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Despite the obstacles, those who have made the leap say there are few professions more rewarding than teaching. Cutler doubted he would ever find satisfying work in his first career, although he "traveled all over the world, made lots of money, had lots of status." As an eighth-grade history teacher today, he can say, "I never loved doing anything as much as I do now. When I talk about my students, it brings tears to my eyes." And satisfaction to his heart...
...Although unintentionally so, these are farewell letters to the loved ones who received them, proud but painful reminders of lost youth and patriotic sacrifice. Selected from more than 50,000 wartime letters collected by Andrew Carroll's Legacy Project, a nonprofit initiative that seeks out historically significant wartime letters written by Americans from all walks of life (a larger selection edited by Carroll will be published as a book next May by Scribner's), the correspondence included here suggests a larger historical pattern: soldiers enlisted in the two World Wars are generally upbeat and optimistic, brimming with good-natured confidence...
Sprewell could have been assessed a technical foul for celebrating prematurely by tossing the ball. What an awful way that would have been to end a spectacular series--a technical free throw. I'm glad that the officials were able to exercise some discretion--although the way things were going, it's not like Miami would have hit the free throw anyway...
Meanwhile, though, we have to look to Washington for assurances, and that's a little fuzzy. According to TIME financial correspondent Bernard Baumohl, although there are certain immutable red flags that signal monopoly power, the Justice Department and FCC each have their own way of doing things, which can be trying for companies who need the go-ahead from both agencies to continue a merger or acquisition. "While the DOJ maintains long-standing, black-and-white parameters to seek out monopolies, the FCC tends to undertake a far more subjective and changeable analysis," says Baumohl. AT&T, take note: While...
...farming community are horrified by the outbreak - and their lousy mood was recently exacerbated by revelations that the city?s water authorities knew back on May 18 that their supply was contaminated but did nothing to stop its distribution. No one knows how the bacteria got into the water, although some speculate recent rains could have pushed manure-contaminated floodwaters into drinking reservoirs. Police are also examining the filtering and chlorinating systems at local water stations...