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...that Japan's social welfare services are too passive, doing too little to head off crises until it's too late. Shortcut solutions like Jikei Hospital's stork cradle are more common, giving anxious parents an anonymous out rather than providing them with meaningful support. But an increasingly budget-conscious government doesn't appear eager to allocate the necessary funding. "The child consultation services are very understaffed and suffering hard," says Saimura...
Again, I believe that the problem facing us is not one of conscious racism. It is, instead, embedded into the minds of people at a usually subconscious level. When these thoughts and perceptions manifest themselves in the form of unfair treatment and quick assumptions, the dignity and legitimacy of the place of certain people in our society and our community are questioned...
...sexy silhouette might belie Cristina's tough-girl attitude, but the choice is in keeping with the current trend for tastefully revealing bridal gowns. As a fashion-conscious sensibility infiltrates so many design categories, even the traditional wedding-gown market is getting trendy. "I had no idea brides were so ready to bare it," says Aberra, pointing to another of her recent hits, the Reese dress, a silk faille design with a completely bare back and plunging neckline...
Detroit got into this benefits predicament because of a not entirely conscious policy decision by Washington after World War II to encourage corporations to provide health care and pensions (most other affluent countries gave government a bigger role) in lieu of inflationary wage hikes. During the decades-long economic boom that followed, this system worked spectacularly well--especially for employees of Detroit's prodigiously profitable Big Three...
Rogen's characters don't veer far from his real personality. In Knocked Up, he plays a stoner who scores a woman way out of his league on a one-night stand and gets her pregnant, and they decide to keep the baby. He's a self-conscious, cerebral John Belushi, constantly apologizing for his oafishness, desperate to be moral and liked. He is what optimists hoped Jim Belushi would...