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...unusually well-publicized bloodshed was just one expression of a pervasive norm of violence against women. Although the brutal slaying of 14 women may seem like an extreme form of violence, it is not more extreme than the wife-beating, child sexual abuse and rape that make up the fabric of daily life but don't often make the nightly news...
...people are in a hurry," Salinas retorts, "and I respond to the rhythm of the people." But even admiring businessmen and members of his own party wonder if he isn't pushing ahead too quickly, rending Mexico's delicate social fabric by asking people to make too many sacrifices they do not understand. Disappointment could begin to catch up with Salinas. The 70% approval ratings that marked his first year in office have plummeted below 44%, according to the results of an unpublished poll taken by the newspaper Excelsior. Now the talk is of his autocratic style of rule...
...Spero have tried to create a new, women's art. Their work has incorporated techniques of traditional "women's work" -- quilting, embroidery, crafts -- or explored female sexuality. Inspired by Islamic and Near Eastern designs, Schapiro, Joyce Kozloff and others have produced large works resembling huge swatches of patterned fabric. Their tableaux infused geometric abstraction's smooth, minimalist surfaces with an explosion of zigzags and curlicues. Thus during the 1970s emerged the style called pattern and decoration...
...called the Executive Power Chair is designed to help executives pump up without leaving their command posts. The power chair enables desk jockeys to do more than 20 different upper-body exercises. Built to look like classic office furniture, the power chair has foldaway exercise handles and "cashmere-like" fabric. The price: $1,199 for the deluxe model and $499 for one more suitable for junior executives. The power chair is made by NordicTrack, which is best known for machines that simulate cross-country skiing...
...encouraged him to be a part of the fabric of the University, as well as the endowment manager," Daniel says. "We want him to be both. That was one of the reasons he came to Harvard...