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employment: Game of Thrones Seats of power, from thrones of stone to leather-backed chairs; Silence Wins the Day On the brink of war, a stand-off between two would-be Prime Ministers changed the shape of world politics forever.; Back Matter “The world is a great volume, and man the Index of that Book.”; Top Chef, Old Master Leonardo da Vinci may have been a genius polymath, but at the heart of his work was a love of food and kitchen experiments.; TGIF The calendar is an exotic blend of hours, days, and weeks that has been stretched out, compacted, and renamed to suit every culture it can. But that feeling one gets on a Friday is universal.; Our Dirty Jobs, Ourselves In an attempt to recruit more young people into vocational work, Mike Rowe, the host of “Dirty Jobs,” has lobbied Congress to support a national campaign for skilled labor.; Of Apprentices and Interns Before the rise of the internship, the apprenticeship once offered a humane, professional model for training and beginning a career.; Always Be Closing 1992 / Chicago; Divide and Conquer 1776 / London; Sound Investment 1789 / England; Turf Wars Fall 2010, “The City”; Job Search 1889 / Chicago; Day Jobs Spring 2010: “Arts & Letters”