Word: doors
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...recent years, the Philippines has faced an unprecedented exodus. Though millions of men have come and gone to work overseas over the past century, the world's ever-increasing demand for "female labor" like caregiving and domestic service has swung open the exit door for the nation's women. Today, about 8.7 million Filipinos - some 10% of the population - are registered with the government as overseas workers. Thousands of workers leave the country every day, and half of the new hires are women, flying off to earn salaries that are propping up the country. Last year alone, overseas workers sent...
...begin with a speech. Others start by taking the pulse of party leaders. Sarah Palin's 2012 bid kicked off over a steaming pot of moose chili under TV lights in her Alaska kitchen. The former vice-presidential candidate assured the world she was ready, should God open the door for her so much as a smidgen. "I'll plow through," she promised--as if anyone imagined otherwise...
...have already progressed beyond any potential to be influenced by the vitamin D supplementation. "This is an important study, and a well-done study, but the major question of whether vitamin D is important in breast cancer remains to be answered," says Norton. "These results don't close the door on vitamin D research on breast cancer...
...sauce. Fun, right? And right here in Harvard Square. So I invited lots of friends and made a reservation for 10 at 7 p.m. Four of us walked in at 7 p.m., maybe a minute or two after, to find every table full and a line out the front door. When I approached the man I took to be the manager (he was actually the owner), he told me that since we were “so late,” he had had to break up the table, and let the eight of us (two couldn?...
...short, yes, we did nothing except get our foot in the door. That was a huge first step, but now we must make good on our ability to make America more tolerant and its policies more sensible. After round after round of defeat, it’s tempting for Democrats to consider an electoral victory their ultimate achievement. Instead, it is a means to an end. Like it or not, there is more hard work on the horizon, and President Obama will need all the help he can get. Nathaniel S. Rakich ’10, a Crimson editorial writer...