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...Individuals are created and shaped by social circumstances far more than they or their observers are able to recognize,” Banaji wrote in an unpublished biography for the Guggenheim Foundation. “Mainly in retrospect, I see my career as a textbook case of how fortuitous circumstances and responsive bystanders eased the path for my growth...
...Reflecting on her unusual career path, Banaji says she is reluctant to use her own life as a model for students. But she says she is a strong advocate for women in science careers...
Being bootylicious has helped many a hip-hop career, but now Harvard Medical School research has found that it can also help your health. A study led by HMS professor C. Ronald Kahn found that the kind of fat that has made Jennifer Lopez famous—fat found in the buttocks and thighs—may actually help prevent diabetes. Those with generous derrieres, or “pear-shaped” bodies, store subcutaneous fat in their hips and buttocks. Those with “apple-shaped” bodies tend to store weight around their abdomens. Researchers...
...hairstylist, car salesman, computer technician, library administrator, nurse, social worker, bank employee, crop scientist, graphic designer and small-business owner. And suddenly we seem divided into two equally nervous camps: the overworked company employees and the underworked, often newly self-employed, scrambling to find customers or a new career...
...neighbors, I downsized last spring after years of driving a relative gas gulper. Small businesses nearby - the outfitter's store, the little cheesecake shop, the coffeehouse, even the independent bookstore - are still open. Word has it that one neighbor finally found a new job and another started a new career. Even die-hard Republicans have high hopes for the new President. And 2010 - when the worst may be over, I gather - is only 12 months away...