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...study, published in the spring 2004 issue of the Journal of Economic Perspectives, found that recent numbers point to a downward shift in the proportion of women retaining their own surnames—breaking a three-decade-long trend in which that proportion had risen...
...study also suggested that “a general shift to more conservative social values” contributed to the downward trend...
...College graduates, 33.4 percent earned magna honors this month. But previous years have reflected a downward trend. While 36.2 percent of the Class of 2001 boasted the second-highest honors recommendation, the figure dropped to 34.4 percent the following year. The Class of 2003 had 30.5 percent of its graduates come away with magna honors...
...legs. "I spent almost that whole hour in stiff confinement," Reagan said. "Gradually the affair began to terrify me. In some weird way, I felt something horrible had happened to my body." When shooting began, Reagan recalled, "I opened my eyes dazedly, looked around, slowly let my gaze travel downward ... I can't describe even now my feeling as I tried to reach for where my legs should be. 'Randy!' I screamed. Ann Sheridan--bless her--playing Randy, burst through the door." Then Reagan cried out the question that he was later to make the title of his first autobiography...
...despite this year’s junior appointments, in February, Dean for the Humanities Maria M. Tatar expressed concern over a downward trend in hiring female junior faculty in the humanities...