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...eventually selected. Even if they could make the cut at IIT, however, the brightest young American students are less likely now than they were a generation ago to choose engineering. The number of engineering grads in the U.S. peaked in 1986 at close to 80,000, and has fallen to about 70,000 now. "Engineering has played second fiddle to other professions in the U.S." says Subhash Tandon, a 1972 IIT grad. "There isn't a prime time TV show about engineers...
According to the latest U.N. World Drug Report, the production of illegal opiates from poppy plants reached record levels in 2006. Heroin, which accounts for 71% of opiate abuse, continues to be the main problem drug worldwide. While poppy cultivation has fallen sharply in Burma, Afghanistan now supplies 92% of the world's opiates. Top Opium Poppy Cultivators In hectares, 2006 Mexico 3,300 (2005) Columbia 1,000 Afghanistan 165,000 Pakistan 1,545 Burma 21,500 Laos 2,500 Source: UNODC World Drug Report 2007 THE USERS Opiate abusers, 2005 Asia 54% Europe 25% Americas 14% Africa 6% Oceania...
...recent years, the role of hostess has fallen out of favor. Members of Congress dash from fund raisers in D.C. to town meetings in their districts, leaving little time for "pleasant company." But one invitation remains a draw: dinner at the White House. Now, let's see if George Bush can use the seductive setting to persuade politicians to come together on policy...
Meanwhile, more single women--especially those watching their biological clocks run down--are resorting to solo pregnancies, sperm donors or adoption agencies. While the birthrate has fallen among teenagers, it has climbed 15% among unmarried thirtysomethings since 1990. In the TIME/CNN poll, fully 61% of single women ages 18 to 49 answered yes when asked whether they would consider rearing a child on their...
...while many women who have embraced the single life are, like Wasserstein, well educated and economically independent, they cross social and class lines. Last year the National Marriage Project at Rutgers University released a report showing that the marriage rate among women had fallen one-third since 1970 and that young women had become more pessimistic about their chances of wedding. "The reality is that marriage is now the interlude and singlehood the state of affairs," says Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, a co-director of the center. For this summer's study, Whitehead chose to focus on blue-collar women...