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A professional comes prepared for any hiccups, after all, and you’re ready to bare your soul to the press, down to answer any question about this role, your process, your thoughts about the character, anything at all.
From Salon
Gabriel Martinelli scores the first hat-trick of his senior career as an Arsenal side showing 10 changes come from a goal down to beat Championship side Portsmouth 4-1 in the FA Cup third round.
From BBC
“I’ve lost my opportunity to be a homeowner again, and to pass that generational wealth down to my daughter.”
"For me, that says that there is not enough of these types of school and it's not just down to 'Well, can we make mainstream better?'" says Smith.
From BBC
Unemployment in the currency area crept down to 6.3% from 6.4% in October, where it had been since May, the European Union’s statistics agency Eurostat said Thursday.
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