February 10, 2006

The Rumor

By THOMAS BARTLETT

What really cost Chris Dussold his dream job?

He has told the story before. How he was fired from his dream job. How he cleaned out his office under police escort. How he felt hopeless, crushed, as if his career — and maybe his life — was over.

But even after two years and numerous retellings, the emotion still sneaks up on him. He pauses in midsentence, puts his face in his hands, and begins to weep.

Chris Dussold has been through a lot. In 2004 the

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