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    Life, Not Like the Movies...Again

    JULY 15, 2012 6:07PM

    By Beth Mann


    Topics: fiction, reality, fame, success, stardom, creativity, voice, singing, relatives, dancing with the stars, american idol

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    Are We Ever Too Old to Be Called “Promising?”

    MAY 7, 2012 3:57PM

    By Holly Robinson


    Topics: publishing, harpercollins, ecco, billy lynn's long halftime walk, brief encounters with che guevara, steven tyler, american idol, fiction, innovations, novels, inventors, technology review, poets and writers, success, writing, ben fountain

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    RHONY reunion: Success, alcoholism not mutually exclusive

    AUGUST 3, 2011 1:46PM

    By Cathy Wilson


    Topics: bravo, wine, success, pinot gregio, rhony, ramona, real housewives of new york, addiction, high-functioning alcoholics, functioning alcoholics, alcoholism

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    Teach for America

    JULY 20, 2011 3:44PM

    By takingadvice


    Topics: open call, my tiny hipocrisy, student, teacher, education, lie, hype, belive your own hype, future, luck, success

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    Bootstraps and Safety Nets: the Promise of Community College

    MARCH 7, 2011 8:49AM

    By Kate Geiselman


    Topics: community college, higher education, teaching, non-traditional students, success, education, college

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    Watching Daddy Die

    JUNE 25, 2009 10:50AM

    By Lisa Solod


    Topics: fathers and daughters, death, what makes life worth living, family, success, happiness

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