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What happened on Tuesday shows that might be changing. On trading floors, for the first time in more than a week, buyers and sellers focused on earnings and product launches instead of what was being said at press conferences in Washington and the interest rates banks charge to lend each other money. Even though those rates, which are closely followed as an indication of whether the credit crunch is getting better or worse, only eased slightly on Tuesday, it was enough to free up investors' minds to focus on the fact that, in the long run, the thing that determines...
...that you enjoy. Instead of spending a lot of time looking in the mirror or having work done or recovering from having work done, instead of wasting hundreds of dollars or thousands of dollars every year on creams that don't work, explore new things. Take the focus off how you look. You know what? You're never going to look 25 again. Once you accept that you're getting older, do it in a graceful way and try to look youthful. The key to that truly is being interested in what you do, happy, excited about other people, curious...
...Most pro-life feminists view abortion as an oppressive evil born of patriarchal society. A culture focused on women’s needs, they argue, would instead focus on both promoting and rewarding motherhood. This stance, however, assumes that a female’s most important societal function is anatomically determined: In essence, that she should serve as a womb and a mother before she should act as a holistic human being. By stooping to the level of biological essentialists, organizations like the FFL bolster the idea of an intangible “feminine mystique” and pervert conceptions...
...Youth advocates say they will focus on putting out fires until after Election Day. Once the hyper-partisanship has ebbed, they will start a more aggressive push - kicked off by a hearing in front of the House Administration Committee on Sept. 25 - for their long-term legislative goals, which include facilitating student-voter registration both on Election Day and far in advance of it through high school civics classes, as well as more consistent guidelines to help registrars do their jobs and ensure that students get to vote. Says Sujatha Jahagirdar, program director of the Student Public Interest Research Group...
...Still, Kroeber and others stress that China may choose not to participate in a global bailout because leaders will have their hands full at home. Tougher economic times could affect the country's social stability, meaning leaders will direct their focus inward. "China's resources are strong enough to ensure its own economy can sail through this relatively smoothly," says Kroeber. "But they can't save anyone else's bacon...