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Most Americans look to their jobs for a sense of purpose, but few succeed in finding one there. The answer is to look beyond our careers.
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Instead of comparing one fear to another, women could look to years of fictional heroines who asked themselves whether they wanted the lesser evil or the greater thrill.
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In a warehouse in the heart of Los Angeles, a dwindling handful of devoted craftspeople maintain more than 80,000 student musical instruments, the largest remaining workshop in America of its kind. This film has won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film.
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