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...That isn?t bad. Meanwhile, headhunters report soaring demand for accountants, engineers, financial planners, physical therapists, computer support specialists, advertising executives, real estate professionals and sales and marketing managers-especially, for that last group, those with international experience. ?The pendulum has swung back in favor of workers,? says Richard Bayer, chief operating officer of the Five O?Clock Club, an outplacement service based in New York. His typical client today lands a job offer in under 10 weeks, versus more than 13 weeks the past few years...
...newcomers.It has long been supposed that no one—neither professors nor students—wants to be troubled by the dead white men who comprise most of any Great Books curriculum. That over 100 freshmen applied to Russell’s fall semester seminar bespeak an unrecognized demand to the contrary. Once an instructor at Columbia, whose equivalent of the Core still consists of a general education in “Great Books,” Russell specialized in teaching the non-Western components of the curriculum. He has imported this emphasis into his Harvard seminars; alongside Plato...
...Administration Committee. When the bill will be introduced to the full legislature is unclear, but when it does, the legislature will have to decide an important question: should the operations of some deputized police officers be veiled simply because they work for a private police force, or should we demand free access to evaluate the work of all police officers? The answer, we believe, is clear...
...Within days of Jill's abduction by the so-called ?Brigade of Vengeance,? it was being condemned by many senior religious and political figures. On the streets of Baghdad, too, there was nothing but criticism for the kidnappers. I suspect that the kidnappers' demand for the release of women prisoners was designed to soften that criticism and justify their holding Jill. Their message: Yes, we kidnapped a woman, but only to secure the release of other women...
...resorts are responding to growing demand from folks like the Isleys by offering facilities better suited to side-by-side treatments and new male-oriented services, such as barbershop-style shaves and massages specifically designed to ease muscles sore from sports and heavy lifting, says Spa Finder president Susie Ellis. Spa Toccare at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, N.J., features a Yo' Rock Facial ($150 for 50 minutes), which offers cleansing and exfoliation with products specifically designed for men's skin, and a barbershop with a pool table and leather lounge chairs...