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...most working mothers agree that federally subsidized child-care vouchers and a union-sponsored “scholarship fund” still do not cover the high cost of private day care in the Boston area. Meanwhile, dental hygienists in HUCTW are being forced to give up their afternoon flex time and work 9-5 every weekday, leaving their kids home alone for hours. Maybe Harvard’s Office of Human Resources forgot to bubble in these sections of the Working Mother questionnaire. Indeed, they must have skipped the whole page about employment security. For even as HUCTW negotiates...

Author: By Amee Chew, Marcel A.Q. Laflamme, and Aidan S. Madigan-curtis, S | Title: No Layoffs | 4/30/2004 | See Source »

...He’s going to be a guy playing inside and he’s not going to be a flex guy,” Siedlecki said. “He’s going to be down in the three-point stance. The ability to get off the ball, to get away from the blocker is going...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pair of Ivy Leaguers Selected in NFL Draft | 4/27/2004 | See Source »

...partial basis? Will serious professionals who shift into a slow lane be able to pick up velocity when their kids are grown? More important, will corporate culture evolve to a point where employees feel genuinely encouraged to use these options? Anyone who remembers all the talk about flex time in the 1980s will be tempted to dismiss the latest ideas for making the workplace family-friendly. But this time, perhaps, the numbers may be on the side of working moms--along with many working dads who are looking for options...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case For Staying Home | 3/22/2004 | See Source »

Escaping to the academy, even if it’s only for a Thursday shuttle romp, allows Mitchell to flex his position in what he calls “the DMZ between doing advocacy journalism and doing a lengthier exegesis that would be more academic...

Author: By Irin Carmon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Elvis Mitchell Takes on Harvard | 2/20/2004 | See Source »

...given the nature of Murphy’s flex offense, a quarterback cut from the same cloth as Fitzpatrick—and not a pure gunslinger—functions best in the backfield...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Luck O' the Irish? Football Nabs Top Recruit | 2/13/2004 | See Source »

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