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...Chicago,” although rumors that “everyone” was talking about their show in Annenberg today seem to cheer the gang’s spirits. The long stretches of idleness make the contrast that much greater when the first few actors walk in; each time, there is a strange moment of silent formality when an actor hands in his or her Common Casting form and stands there, waiting, as Hanley looks over the sheet.It’s the moment before performance, so it’s the actor’s last moment...
...powerful positive narrative about their organization and who can indicate how members of that organization can find meaning and fulfillment in working toward those goals. The strongest lever available to these leaders is their personal embodiment of that narrative—as the saying goes, “They walk the talk.”A good concrete example is James O. Freedman ’57, who in the late 1980s was appointed to the presidency of Dartmouth College. His principal missions were to upgrade the intellectual quality of students and the level of discourse at the school...
...don’t think I will find many job openings for a video game beta tester or owner of the Boston Red Sox. I get nervous when I hear other students talk about their future careers as if they were I-Banking while still in the womb. Walk into the Coop these days and all you see are books with titles like (I am not making this up): “Sell Yourself!: Master the Job Interview Process.” As a twenty-year-old college student, I had no idea that I was up for sale...
...started drumming when I was a really small kid in Nigeria. My uncle, he was a family friend but I called him my uncle, would bang on the table and have me bang back to him. So I’ve been banging on things since I could walk, essentially. I got my first drum when my grandfather came from Nigeria to visit us in the States. He brought me a talking drum, which is a two-headed drum. You play it with a stick, and you can change the pitch by squeezing the drum. I would play with that...
...party starts to wind down and as the guests grab their coats to brave the blizzard that was just beginning, seven couples dance slowly and tipsily on the dance floor. Two women walk out the door, looking happy and exhausted at once...