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...What do you hope other women will gain from this book? Women have come so far in the past 100 years. But what holds them back is lack of confidence and self-hatred. Those two things can affect every part of your life. I was at the lowest level you can be. It was only when I accepted myself that I managed to achieve [my goals] in life and work. Through this book, I want women to know that people in the [fashion] industry can relate to them too. Women struggle everywhere with their weight and their bodies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Plus-Size Supermodel Crystal Renn | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

...most recent round of bonuses at some of the nation’s most moneyed corporations has not escaped the notice of the Obama administration, which has ordered average compensation reductions of 50 percent at seven of the largest recipients of federal bailout funds. The cuts will affect the executives of some of the companies most closely linked with the recession, including American International Group, General Motors, and Citigroup. However, other firms that have already paid off their bailout loans, like financial behemoths Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, are immune from these restrictions and may continue to award massive bonuses...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Fixing What's Broken | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

...financial meltdown. Real change to the current system, which incentivizes unnecessary risk-taking and corporate irresponsibility, cannot be replaced with simply cutting executive pay. The recent cuts are, in reality, a slap on the wrist for executives who will still enjoy multi-million-dollar pay packages and does not affect companies who were equally complicit in the crisis if they have already paid off their bailout loans...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Fixing What's Broken | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

Fears about how the furlough will affect learning prompted two lawsuits in federal court earlier in the week. Attorneys representing special education students sought to block the furloughs but U.S. District Judge David Ezra denied their motions, saying on Thursday that the last-minute decision would create chaos. But Ezra also plans to hear further arguments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Hawaii's Budget Led to Furloughed Kids | 10/24/2009 | See Source »

Modern Homo sapiens is still evolving. Despite the long-held view that natural selection has ceased to affect humans because almost everybody now lives long enough to have children, a new study of a contemporary Massachusetts population offers evidence of evolution still in action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Darwin Lives! Modern Humans Are Still Evolving | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

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