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...counterattack gained traction, and the tide subsided. The day before the election, Mark Penn, a U.S. pollster working for Labour, was able to write on a big whiteboard at headquarters "37 32 22" - his predicted share of Thursday's vote for Labour, Tories and Lib Dems. Close enough: the actual result...
Women vs. Men: How Midlife Is DifferentMaybe the male midlife crisis stereotypically took the form of nifty new wheels because most men didn't grow up idealizing work. It was a means of putting food on the table and showing who was boss; actual happiness and satisfaction usually had to come from someplace else. In contrast, professional women, having fought so hard to break into fields that were once closed to them, often expect more from their jobs. If they are unhappy at 45, disenchanted with corporate politics or discouraged because they are not making a contribution to some larger...
...notion that the way to launch a spiritual journey is to take an actual trip is fueling the adventure-travel market, especially since many adventure travelers are women in their 40s. Women who want company but don't have family or friends who feel like rafting in Costa Rica seek out a new breed of travel agency - like Gutsy Women Travel, founded by Gail Golden, 55, wife of former TWA boss Carl Icahn. Half the women who sign on for her trips are married, but their husbands aren't interested in taking cooking classes in Italy or visiting gardens...
Brain drain is a challenge not adequately recognized by developed economies. It may not literally kill, but it is responsible for a significant amount of growth stagnation and suffering for poor nations. It is time that this topic moved from boardrooms into actual research and that existing research was converted into policy. Without this, the millennium development goals shall remain a pipe dream, yet another promise made to the next generation that is broken...
Lithgow’s charming theatricality is incited by asking about the actual content of his speech. “I can’t tell you what my speech will be about,” he says, baiting me for the punchline, “mainly because I don’t know yet.” Indeed, the fact that he will know what he’s going to say beforehand at all is something of a change for him. “I do a lot of speaking, but I never read my speeches...