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...Ledbetter's life since then has been a long campaign to change the law. The U.S. House approved a bill in 2007 that would hold employers accountable for the most recent discriminatory paycheck, not just the first one. But the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act failed to gain a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. (Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama support the bill; John McCain is against it.) The National Women's Law Center, which is supporting Ledbetter, says changing the law would help close the gender wage gap; on average, women earn 77? to every dollar earned...
...worldwide annually emigrate from more than 100 countries through adoption, a trend increasing rapidly in the U.S. since the 1970s. But these foreign adoptees are far more likely to internalize their problems, suffering more commonly from depression or separation anxiety disorders. Domestic adoptees, on the other hand, tend to act out. While consistent with adolescents studied in both North America and Western Europe, Keyes says, this finding "goes against preconceived notions that kids from foreign cultures would have a harder time adapting to new families...
...From the Wings” provided an evening of highs and lows. HBC took a risk choosing excerpts from “Swan Lake.” The choreography is technically challenging and requires utmost precision in its execution. The risk mostly paid off. “Act I Pas de Trois,” performed by James C. Fuller ’10, Sarah C. Kenney ’08, and Claudia F. Schreier ’08, was commendable. As a trio, they danced beautifully, maintaining impressive unison during the most challenging portions, but they shone the most...
...directly, without going through a lawyer or the university, she produced unnecessary stress and confusion for students. The content of her pre-litigious messages is also dubious: She accused them of violating “anti-federal discrimination laws” under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, gender, religion, or national origin. Putting aside the bad grammar of her e-mail, it is unclear what she meant by this, as she cites no specific incident in which such discrimination was evident. It’s true that Venkatesan?...
...sure that for first-timers, Friday’s performance was sometimes very difficult to follow. This is an especially pressing concern, as “Sweeney Todd” takes great pleasure in manipulating its audience’s desire to know what happens next. In the second act, everything stops for nearly ten, excruciatingly funny minutes as Mrs. Lovett and the Beadle (Evan Ross of the Boston Conservatory), sing ballads and traditional songs at a harmonium. And for every audacious plot twist (and there are dozens), there is an almost-revelation or not-quite-coincidence that dissolves...