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...feeling that their lives outside the office are invisible to bosses and colleagues. Their disgruntlement is so acute that some even talk of quitting. But for the most part, they keep their complaints from employers, who, although attuned to their minority and female constituents, remain largely in the dark about those who happen to be both. A new study written by noted academics Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Cornel West and Carolyn Buck Luce and sponsored by the nonprofit Center for Work-Life Policy suggests that companies are generally unaware of hidden biases connected to the traditional white corporate world. The study...
...incredibly strong. Possibly his hair is highlighted. HAP-Q: 532.8 (Heterosexual, but available only to Victoria Beckham)The Academic Metrosexual: This genus is also a common type, normally personified by grad students in the English Department. These men sometimes wear oxford shirts, which can be paired with sweaters and/or dark wash jeans. Their bags, which probably contain Rimbaud and Jack Daniels, are strikingly large and resemble overgrown purses. Sometimes Academic Metrosexuals don’t shave and often their hair is slightly too asymmetrical or long to be fashionable. They get a big bang out of drinking Peet?...
...counters media depictions of terrorists as cold-blooded extremists. Khaled delivers a speech to his community, pouring out his frustrations and grievances and explaining why he has chosen to become a martyr. His angry words are not recorded, however, because the cameraman was concentrating on his falafel sandwich. The dark irony of his deflated diatribe both amuses and overwhelms the viewer with compassion for him. It somehow feels akin to watching a younger brother flounder in a play while no one pays attention to his efforts...
Rubin is currently translating Murakami’s latest novel, “After Dark.” Their professional relationship has turned into a friendship over the course of fifteen years. While living in the same Cambridge neighborhood, Rubin often consulted Murakami over his translation of “The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.” In a way, their relationship is like the one that could have blossomed between Carver and Murakami, had he lived...
...Lawrence Lowell, Class of 1877, expelled eight students and one philosophy Ph.D. candidate—and expunged one purportedly gay alum’s name from University records. One of the expelled students committed suicide. Another killed himself 10 years later.Wright has contributed mightily to our knowledge of this dark episode in Harvard history. And, to some extent, he warns us before his forays into fiction. In an author’s note, Wright forthrightly discloses that “with the dialogue in chapters 3 and 7, some liberties have been taken.” He continues, reassuringly, that...