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...Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol,” which will run from April 6-8 and April 11-14 at the Loeb Mainstage. MULTIMEDIA, WITH SMELLS The play follows the life of a poor French countrywoman through the first half of the 20th century, from birth to the afterlife. Lucie, a social outcast, searches for love and acceptance. Although departing from the traditional emphasis on Lucie’s physique, this production nonetheless is very concerned with physicality through movement. Besides a mobile set—complete with live statues, turning windows, and flying trees—the actors perpetually...
...human-resources manager in Tokyo, who asked not to be named, blame unsympathetic employers. "At my old workplace, most of the people in my department didn't have children," he says. "I don't think they understood the importance. I was unable to take any holidays after the birth of my son." Others point to the old Asian culture of networking, in which deals are done over endless cups of sake and soju. "I really thought I'd be the kind of father who spends a lot of time with his kids," sighs Ahn Chan, an office worker in Seoul...
...leave, they're worse than before." A recent survey by Japan's Cabinet Office found that while 70% of fathers wanted to balance home and career, 23% had little or no time to spend with their children on weekdays. Some are even reluctant to take time off for the birth of their kids. In South Korea, civil servants are permitted three days' paternity leave, but the figures suggest that men either don't want it or feel pressured not to take it. In 2005, just 208 fathers in the civil service used their entitlement, compared with 10,492 women...
...article"Why Is Rudy Smiling?" [April 2] neglected the key element in Rudy Giuliani's rise in the polls over the past few months: his reversals on abortion, which have made him acceptable to many pro-life Republicans. Prior to the campaign, he opposed a ban on partial-birth abortion (which he now favors) and considered the Roe v. Wade ruling "good constitutional law" (he now promises to appoint strict constructionists--code for overturning Roe). While still nominally pro-choice, he has positioned himself as effectively pro-life...
...silver bullet for health in developing nations, according to a Harvard study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. The researchers suggest that distributing multivitamins, such as B-complex, C, and E vitamins, to pregnant women could be a cost-effective way of reducing low infant birth weight, a significant risk factor for infant mortality and other afflictions like heart disease and diabetes. Building on earlier findings of improved birth outcomes for HIV-positive women, the study showed better outcomes for HIV-negative women taking multivitamins as well. The researchers found an 18 percent decrease in low birth...