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Last spring, President Summers stumbled onto a feminist hornets’ nest when he posited that perhaps there are fewer female scientists because of “inherent differences?? between men and women. The resulting swarm not only managed to avoid considering the possibility that he may have had a point, but insisted on an even more offensive explanation. The underlying assumption was as follows: Why would a woman not become a scientist? Because she has been convinced that she is not smart enough. Why would a man not become a scientist? Because he doesn?...
LaChapelle was Madonna’s director of choice until they clashed over “creative differences?? on this video, directed instead by Johan Renck...
...light—one that would detail what Americans could do to help their country. Bhabha asked Sandel about how to create a common moral vision that reflects the diversity of society. Sandel said that respecting pluralism was essential and that a public philosophy “that engages differences?? is preferable to one that “floats above moral and religious differences.” He cited the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Gacaca tribunals in South Africa and Rwanda as examples of successful efforts to reconcile communal differences in society. Sandel?...
...there are a “million other little differences?? that they have to adjust to, says Langford, a chemistry concentrator from Oregon. The roommates were amused to discover the popularity of thefacebook.com, the explosion of iPods, and the relative ubiquity of wireless networking...
...three days after the closed NBER conference, the Boston Globe reported that Summers’ remarks “sparked an uproar” with claims of “innate differences?? between men and women. His remarks, the Globe reported, prompted Nancy Hopkins ’64, a chemistry professor at MIT, to leave the meeting in disgust...