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...blades are the new must-haves in the trendiest kitchens. Kyocera of Japan and Boker of Germany make the ghostly white blades with zirconium oxide, which is second in hardness only to diamond. They stay sharp 10 times as long as steel and don't react with food or affect its smell or taste. They are also lightweight, making repetitive chopping less of a strain. The hardness of the blades makes them less flexible, however, so they aren't so hot for cutting that requires maneuverability, such as carving. And there's not yet a reliable method for home sharpening...
...Raising payroll taxes Bush says he has ruled out a tax hike, but it forms a key part of other proposals. Some would simply raise the payroll tax rate, set at 12.4%, but critics argue that would disproportionately affect working-class and middle-class families. Others, including Peter Diamond of M.I.T. and Peter Orszag of the Brookings Institution, want to raise the ceiling on taxable income. Today only the first $90,000 of income is subject to payroll tax. Such a change would generate more revenue for Social Security but affect only 6% of the work force...
Banaji wrote in an e-mail from India yesterday that “the implicit, not to mention explicit, stereotype associating math with male has been demonstrated time and again to affect women’s performance on math and their attitudes toward math...
Specifically, Kagan said that scholars with J.D.s as well as Ph.D.s had sparked the growth of the law and economics discipline, which examines how rules affect behavior and assesses laws in terms of their economic efficiency...
Hopkins says she believes that Summers’ remarks will negatively affect young women...