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First, former Miami Herald reporter Elinor Burkett, childless herself, became angry over what struck her as a torrent of "family-friendly" political rhetoric and vented her feelings by writing The Baby Boon, last year's scathing indictment of policies that "cheat the childless." Now comes a rebuttal. Following the birth of her only child, former New York Times economic reporter Ann Crittenden became angry that motherhood had damaged her financial well-being and caused her to "shed status like the skin off a snake." Under the title The Price of Motherhood, published last month, she vented her feelings...
...would I use it again? In a minute. As long as you know how to sober the thing up (turning it off and on often did the trick), the 750NAV is a real boon to tourism, giving directions, noting points of interest (restaurants, parks, hotels) and generally making life easier...
Knowing the future would be as much a burden as a boon. If we are given the winning numbers in the lottery next week, might we also be told much else about which we would prefer to remain in ignorance? A just God, never mind the demanding and sometimes ironic God of the Old Testament, would surely cause us to know our future failures as well as our future triumphs. Along with the winning lottery number might come knowledge of the day and place and cause of our death, or the loss of a loved one, or details...
Smith's productivity will be an especial boon to the Crimson's defense, which has kept senior netminder Oli Jonas very busy this year. Smith was a physical presence and played a very smart game. Only expected to play a few shifts per period, Assistant Coach Ron Rolston grew increasingly confident with him and by the end of Friday night's game, he was receiving minutes surpassed only by Capouch...
Could the closest and most bitterly divisive election in modern American history prove to be a boon to the U.S. economy? Absolutely, say members of TIME's Board of Economists, who gathered in Washington to assess the outlook after the murkiest presidential election in a century. With neither George W. Bush nor Al Gore commanding a clear mandate and the U.S. Senate virtually split down the middle, TIME's experts saw little risk of any broad and possibly destabilizing shifts in economic policy next year--regardless of who becomes the 43rd President...