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Janssen, for her part, had considered leaving when she was pregnant. "Now, it's not even an issue," she says. As for Blesener, the retail supervisor, he went to his first parent-teacher conference, a task that had always fallen to his wife, a stay-at-home mother to their two sons. Joe Pagano, 55, a vice president who works in merchandising, looks back in sadness at all the sacrifices he made. While his wife stayed at home with their son and daughter, "I basically worked every Saturday, and some Sundays," he says. "It's one of the biggest regrets...
...Beers' move into retail may be motivated by its shrinking share of the rough-diamond market. In part because of new competing mines in Russia, Australia, Canada and Angola, De Beers' cut has fallen from 80% at its height in the late 1980s to 50% today. The move is controversial. When De Beers announced this venture in 2001, rival retailers stocked with De Beers stones saw it as "the ultimate threat," says Matthew Runci, Jewelers of America CEO. De Beers has promised to refuse its retail spin-off sweetheart deals. Adds Runci: "I've heard people adjusting, as they must...
...applaud your extensive report on China [June 27]. As a person who has traveled to China and fallen in love with it, I appreciate your effort to broaden Americans' view of this often misunderstood country. China has made progress economically, but there are many major social issues that it has yet to face, such as high rates of female infanticide as well as rural poverty, religious persecution and restriction of freedoms. You are doing readers a great service by giving them a glimpse into the inner workings of another country...
...friends were not aware that Gilligan had fallen until informed by investigators shortly after the body was discovered. Daniel Seltzer had risen earlier and noticed Gilligan’s absence but assumed he had gone for a morning...
...biggest political project had fallen apart during this same period. Throughout what eventually turned out to be four terms in the state legislature, he had championed government support for a series of public works to construct bridges, roads and canals so that people in rural areas could bring produce to market. He believed, he later said, that the "leading object" of government was to "lift artificial weights from all shoulders--to clear the path of laudable pursuit for all--to afford all, an unfettered start, and a fair chance, in the race of life." When a depression hit the state...