Word: affective
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...considerably wider over time, with women earning 69% of what men earn 10 years after graduation. But the one-year data is particularly telling, since new graduates are not likely to have had children yet and since they are entering the work force without significant prior experience than can affect starting salaries...
...Part of the gap may be explained by the number of hours women work compared with men. But after controlling for all the factors known to affect wages - including occupation and parenthood - the study found that college-educated women still earn about 5% less than college-educated men one year after graduation and 12% 10 years after graduation. This gap, the study's authors go on to say, "remains unexplained and may be attributed to discrimination...
...victories over the Bulldogs and the Bears.With the Quakers storming through league play and Columbia close behind, Harvard (9-9, 4-2 Ivy) came into the weekend knowing that the Ivy League title was essentially out of reach. But that didn’t seem to affect the Crimson’s level of play.“To a certain extent, it is personal,” sophomore Chris Clayton said. “There is pride on the line, regardless of the records.”With the end of his collegiate career in sight?...
...appeal to his constituents. They don’t want to hear about his quixotic quest to transform America into an ecological wonderland, and they could care less if he reaps positive national media coverage as a result. They want to hear him talk clearly about issues that directly affect them...
...passionate comfort kiss with Brody.Brody, like Ryan, shows us nothing new. He’s still that loveable not-so-nerdy-looking nerd who’s quick with the one-liners.However, he fails to bring the necessary depth to a character who’s meant to acutely affect the lives of the women he meets. Brody appears as nothing more than a friendly, lovelorn jokester who is unintentionally swept up into Stewart’s clichéd teenage life and Ryan’s rambling, anecdotal dog walks.Perhaps the only redeeming factor of “Women?...