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...Intensifying these trends is the disproportionate effect of the recession on women, who, due to pervasive economic disadvantage, have fewer personal assets and marketable skills to leverage when times turn hard. With unemployment among women rising faster, and women’s wages falling more quickly, than those of their male counterparts, it is now more important than ever that women reject Basham’s advice—not only for the sake of leading their own fulfilling lives, but also to ensure the financial safety of their families...
...Consorti said. Though Harvard Square restaurants report that business has not fallen dramatically, one definite casualty of the economy has been corporate meals, dealing a big blow to high-end restaurants that host such events and traditionally see many customers dining on expense accounts. The downturn has prompted fewer companies to pick up the check for recruiting events and celebrations. And instead of entertaining clients with dinner, some firms are opting for a lighter-on-the-expense-account lunch. “We see a little more business at lunch,” said Executive Chef Peter W. Davis...
...have been found. Pfizer released Chantix, a drug the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved in May of that year to help smokers quit. Since then, doctors have written more than 6 million prescriptions for Chantix. It's no magic bullet. Chantix fails with most people who take it; fewer than half of those on the drug actually stop smoking. But going cold turkey works for fewer than one in 10 smokers, so in comparison Chantix is considered a great advance...
...drinks after their first cocktail. By contrast, the 10 who were taking placebos consumed 2.6 drinks. Eight people in the varenicline group declined all further drinks after their first, compared with only three in the control group. (It's worth noting that the varenicline takers also smoked far fewer cigarettes than the placebo group during the 14-hour the experiment. Everyone who participated was a regular smoker...
...realizing these potential savings is easier said than done. New York State is thought to have the fastest-shrinking prison population in the country - from a peak in 1999 of 71,600 to fewer than 60,000 this year - but so far only some prison wards have been closed, not entire facilities, which would net larger savings. That's at least partially because upstate Republicans regard prisons as economic engines. For that reason, closures have to be linked with upstate development plans for the same communities, insists Glenn Martin, the aforementioned former Attica inmate, who is now a Fortune Society...