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...helps to know her job will be waiting for her when she returns to the workforce. "I know I can come back to my job and get my old responsibilities back," she says. "I'm not discriminated against because I raise children." All that costly government support has helped boost Sweden's fertility rate from a paltry 1.5 children per woman in 1999 to 1.71 last year - but that's still not enough to keep the Swedish population from declining without immigration. And Sweden is a success story. In much of Europe, fertility rates have plummeted over the past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: We Need More Babies! | 11/21/2004 | See Source »

...defense and special teams gave us a great boost,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy said...

Author: By Samuel C. Scott, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: DEFENSE ANCHORS CRIMSON BLOWOUT VICTORY | 11/20/2004 | See Source »

Harvard also received a boost from freshman kicker Matt Schindel, who knocked in a pair of 30-plus-yard field goals, repairing an aspect of the Crimson strategy—the kicking game—that was woeful in prior years...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Charting the Road to Perfection | 11/19/2004 | See Source »

...defense and special teams gave us a great boost,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy said...

Author: By Samuel C. Scott, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: DEFENSE ANCHORS CRIMSON BLOWOUT VICTORY | 11/19/2004 | See Source »

Harvard will also receive a major boost from returning sophomore Robbie Preston, who missed last season while suffering from concussions, and the skill and tenacity he injects into the group at the 125-pound level...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Wrestling Seeks To Fill Major Holes | 11/18/2004 | See Source »

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