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...wasn't exactly a smooth ride, but survive he did. Along the way, Strong, 56, whose firm, Solar Design Associates, is based in Harvard, Mass., turned himself into one of the nation's foremost experts on solar buildings. His initial breakthrough came in 1980, when he found a manufacturer to build his "integrated" solar roof. The first of its kind, it provided an alternative to the costlier--and clunkier--solar panels that are just slapped onto rooftops...
Steve Austin’s hands are meaty, with stubby fingers not much longer than his thumbs, but his handshake is what a pasta chef might call al dente—tender, but firm. His nails are well-trimmed, but not manicured—you get the feeling that he cuts them himself. He mostly keeps his palms at rest. And when he’s excited, he folds his fingers together over and over again...
...rest of Baghdad outside the Green Zone. It means "out there." If they were anywhere but Iraq, their stories would sound like paranoid delusions. All the gates are watched, they say. Their names are on hit lists. One woman, who used to do laundry for a British security firm and now lives in an abandoned market stall with her three children, has received messages on her cell phone telling her "Your blood will wash all over your body." She's afraid to go out of the Green Zone because of the threats, and since she lost her job and handed...
...that tried to limit the use of photos by media organizations. Some refused to sign up. One result: the 2006 Fields Open in Hawaii was virtually blacked out by the media. The differences have since been worked out, but Bivens hasn't really budged. She says she's standing firm to protect how her players and the LPGA are marketed...
...down numbers but giving it an interpretation,” he says.THE STATE OF WOMEN TODAYHow far have women come? Obviously, Goldin says, inequality still exists.“There are still discrimination cases that we find in the newspapers that outrage us. That women working for some accounting firm are doing the same job and being paid less. I think it’s less so now than it was, possibly because we became, as a nation, far more aware that this is not just wrong but it is illegal.”Women graduating from college certainly have...