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[li]Everyone used to get it[/li][li]Was considered right of passage to get it[/li][li]Happened frequently in children and was famous for doing so[/li][li]Moms literally wanted their kids to get it over with[/li][li]Very rarely turned serious or fatal[/li][/ul]
Phwew, toughie! but I’ll give it a shot.
The United Kingdom
Being an island(s) nation with entirely natural feature boundaries provides a measure of geographic logic behind it’s claims to nationhood
it is a constitutional monarchy meaning the government has ties to both the the past and modernity
Even though it is an island nation, it possesses the requisite number of social ills and separatist impulses resulting from cultural diversity within its borders that one expects to find with modern nations
has fought in lots and LOTS of wars
for good or bad has influenced and affected the history of more countries than probably any other nation.
Career spanned 60+ years
Acted in all kinds of roles, from screwball to serious
Teamed with all tje huge male stars of her era
4 academy awards for leading roles
Always maintained a dignified bearing
Respected by everyone
“What would you say is your greatest personal weakness?”
(“wow, I don’t know…maybe how I constantly lie…or it could be my tendency to procrastinate and blame others for failures…give me a minute…”) forces you to do the opposite of what one is ostensibly trying to accomplish during an interview, which is sell how great you are.
it is, however, completely predictable and most candidates walk in with a canned response (“I’m such a perfectionist. Oh, and a workaholic too…”)
your actual answer is of course far less important than the manner with how you choose to respond to it
is most representative of his body of work because the characters and story are firmly set in and among the conditions of poverty and all the attendant ills associated with an urbanizing Victorian England during the early industrial revolution
while “Tale of Two Cities” is probably Dickens best and most critically acclaimed work, the social commentary was more blatant and less subtle than his more typical works (such as Oliver Twist)
The story is heavily adapted even to this day. Second only to Christmas Carol (which is removed from consideration as being his quintessential work as it is a short story, as opposed to a novel).
