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With an extensive background in criminal and human rights law, the Argentinian professor’s career has been peppered with successful crusades against corruption and war crimes—most notably the prosecution of several members of Argentina’s military junta in the 1980s...
Surrounded by flowers from last week’s wake, Marcus Colono sits in his brother’s old bedroom and talks about a young man who loved the Red Sox and video games but placed more of a priority on his family and his background...
...family’s low-income background played an important role in shaping Colono’s character, his brother adds...
...employers increasingly recruit talent from around the world, how can they know whether the resumes they get are legit? Kroll, the global risk consultancy, has introduced a worldwide background-checking service to verify job candidates' education, employment, references and, in some cases, credit and criminal records. Kroll conducts its research from offices in 66 cities, from Moscow to Sao Paulo to Hong Kong. During a trial run in Britain, Kroll checked the backgrounds of 1,400 job candidates from 37 countries and found that 80% of job seekers had glossed over or failed to mention negatives like dismissal or academic...
...even with this collaborative effort, the script was undeniably Carmichael’s, reminiscent of her The Impossibles, performed at the Playwright’s Festival in the Adams Pool last semester. As a writer, she tends to employ characters with an academic background who analyze their relationships in depth and include esoteric facts in conversation. Much like Carmichael herself—who is known for reciting full-length poems in everyday life—the characters offer insights into art history, sociology and literature as they go about their vacation...