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...LIFE SPLITS Men and women who divorce in middle age go their separate ways in more ways than one. According to a recent study, women become more assertive, gregarious and optimistic, while men get demoralized and depressed. Study co-author Paul Costa cautions that more research is needed to explain why. Who divorced whom and who gets what may be factors, says Costa, but the phenomenon may be unique to this generation of first-wave baby boomers...
Your item listing the salaries of various heads of state [NOTEBOOK, June 7] said the President of Costa Rica earns $250,000 a year. That figure is completely off the mark. The yearly salary of Costa Rica's President amounts to $98,036--including an allowance for expenses. The President does not live in a house paid for by the government but in his private residence. In addition, all household expenditures are paid from his personal income. JAIME DAREMBLUM, AMBASSADOR Embassy of Costa Rica Washington...
...Davis; its investment needs are different, and the way employees are paid and promoted is different. Also, most of its business is in California, while Rockwell's other plants and customers are mainly in the Midwest. After the split-up last December, Rockwell began moving its corporate headquarters from Costa Mesa, Calif., to Milwaukee, Wis. It has also moved back into the black. For fiscal 1999, Davis predicts a profit of $570 million on revenues of $7 billion...
...people who used to live in Kosovo will be worse off than before the war. So what will happen now? I hope Milosevic will step down for the good of his people, and the Europeans--not nato--will step in and help rebuild the country. DIANELOS GEORGOUDIS San Jose, Costa Rica...
Singapore $465,000 Japan $375,735 Russia $320,000 Taiwan $303,000 Costa Rica $250,000 Britain $165,000 Australia $80,000 Ukraine...