In short order, Lester leaves his boring job after blackmailing his boss, and Carolyn has a brief affair with a fellow real-estate broker played by Peter Gallagher.

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She gave up the well paid "boring" job in her hometown of Berkeley, California, for a full-time job with The Idea Village.

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One boring assembly line job is much like another after all.

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Senate in June last year, Juan Flavier found his first few months on the job a bit boring.

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