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...untrained eye, I cannot see how sequestering a girl in a dollhouse like the Ewha area can possibly prepare them to be strong leaders and build a more equal society. In my mind, female CEOs, politicians, and presidents wear power suits, not frills. Perhaps this mentality—that in business and politics, women get ahead by adapting to the male status quo, at least superficially—is dated. Vogue put Michelle Obama on its March cover partly because, as its Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour commented, “She believes, as we do at Vogue, that...
...Even the notion of a fleet being maintained with an eye to going cheap on planes used for "poor" routes makes little sense, other experts say. "If you've established maintenance and safety operations for your fleet, it's going to be applied uniformly throughout," says Anthony Council, spokesman for the Geneva-based International Air Transport Association. "The reason, as we've seen in this case, is simple: should any of your planes have a serious incident, your entire operation falls under suspicion." (Read: "How to Survive a Plane Crash...
...Doyle Brunson, I have to jump too many hurdles to win. People read my books so they know how I'll play. They recognize me from TV, and they want to play a pot with me, so they call. It's like I have a bull's-eye on my forehead. I might be a three-to-one favorite to win hand after hand, but there's just no way that I'm going to hold enough good hands to win the whole thing. I can't overcome the magnitude of the numbers...
...transactions of daily existence - getting everybody dressed and fed, cleaning up, keeping quarrels to a simmer, not a boil. Now and then - in moments that genuinely did seem unscripted - Kate would wilt, leaning against the kitchen counter with a cup of coffee and seeming, for the twinkling of an eye, as though she were allowing herself to absorb the shock of it all. But then she would shake it off, plow forward, harass Jon into making himself a lower-calorie lunch and go back to wiping down the counters and giving orders. (See the top 10 skanky reality shows...
Before he can create a pair of uniquely-you specs, Davies first has to take some vital stats, including the distance between your temples, the width of your nose and the exact position of your eyes and ears. He'll then photograph your head and hand-draw a few sample designs based on your face shape and eyebrow line. The frames can be built from titanium, bloc acetate or buffalo horn, and colored to complement your skin and hair tones. This couture-design process doesn't come cheap: expect to pay an eye-watering $8,000. If that...