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Galluccio said the council will continue to pressure the University to adopt a living wage...

Author: By Christopher R. Blazejewski, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: City Council Approves Living Wage Ordinance | 5/4/1999 | See Source »

...just wage. Harvard has an opportunity to be at the labor forefront as a private institution that cares about the living standards of its workers," said Daniel R. Morgan '99, a member of Harvard's Living Wage Campaign. Galluccio said the council will continue to pressure the University to adopt a living wage...

Author: By Christopher R. Blazejewski, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Council Approves Living Wage Ordinance | 5/4/1999 | See Source »

...there are also grace notes, as in how time and communication can resolve dicey situations. At first Kim Felder, a California family recruiter for adoptions with one biological child, encountered what she perceived as resistance from her parents to her intention to adopt transracially. She and her husband Carl decided to go ahead with the adoption and limit contact with Kim's parents. The following day, her parents explained that they were reacting to the prejudice they had faced as Italian immigrants--an experience they didn't want for their daughter. "They weren't prejudiced--they wanted to protect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Family: Multi-Colored Families | 5/3/1999 | See Source »

ANNIE ONLINE Trying to happily match children with families looking to adopt can be a complex and emotionally charged process. But it may get a lot easier, thanks to a federal website announced last week. When it goes live in September 2001, the site will provide the first national listing to include photos and profiles of the more than 8,000 children in foster homes who are available for adoption. That number could triple by 2001 as new laws requiring permanent homes for foster children take effect. Among the many states that already post their own listings are Texas (www.tdprs.state.tx.us...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Technology May 3, 1999 | 5/3/1999 | See Source »

...Premise In Big Daddy, Sandler plays Sonny Koufax, a toll collector who has never relaly grown up (sound familiar?) That becomes a major problem when he decides to adopt a kid in a misguided attempt to woo his ex-girlfriend back. The first thing Sonny learns about fatherhood is that children do not come with a money-back guarantee. After accepting that, he learns a lot more--about raising a child and about himself...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

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