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Status in general is a see-saw. You can never have an absolute quantity, you can only have more or less than another. And one easy way to get more than another is to acquire status, another way is to humiliate the other.
Like the tax laws, the immigration statutes that regulate the hiring of household help are frequently flouted. In Los Angeles whole neighborhoods are $ filled with Mexican and Central American maids, nannies and gardeners. "There are probably close to 1 million undocumented people here," says Madeline Janis, executive director of the...
Those lucky enough to ingest the spores without becoming seriously ill seem to acquire immunity. More serious cases are often mistaken for pneumonia, since the fungus flourishes in the moist, warm environment of the lungs. In about 1% of victims, the disease spreads beyond the lungs through the bloodstream -- typically...
THE SLAVIC LEGACY. Straddling Europe and Asia, Russians have never been sure whether to view themselves as a Western or Eastern society. Judging from Cyrillic-lettered Coca-Cola signs and Barbie doll billboards in Moscow these days, the Westernizers seem to have the upper hand in their century-long debate...
How many incompatible rooming groups will form to acquire this special treatment? How many unhappy 29 G groups will stay together for the same reason?