"Charlaine is one of those overnight success stories 15 years in the making, " says Joshua Bilmes, who has been her agent for nearly 25 years.
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Bilmes, a former chief financial officer at the U.S. Commerce Department.
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Linda Bilmes, a former government consultant turned Harvard lecturer in Cambridge, the main problem with the debt deal is taxes and political ignorance over tax laws.
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