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...still make up 53% of the workforce, and the percentage of society's work they do is considerably higher, owing to women's shorter hours and more frequent sabbaticals for child-rearing. In prosperous times, women may yearn for more time at home. But economic realities have a way of washing away these yearnings. One such reality is the recession. Another is that women receive 58% of the bachelor's degrees in this country, along with half the professional degrees...
...89th's Most Frequent Flyers...
...more planes alone won't be enough to prevent major fires in Greece and other fire-prone countries along Europe's Mediterranean rim. Marc Palahi, head of the Mediterranean office of the European Forest Institute (EFI) in Barcelona, says climate change is making fires in the region more frequent and more deadly, but governments won't be able to tackle them effectively if they keep pouring money into firefighting rather than tackling the root causes. "Every year it's the same problem," he says. "We're just crossing our fingers and hoping the weather will be mild, rather than actually...
...businesses see a need for their own iPhone app. Iris Rakovitzky, a manager at Hummus Place in New York City, says customers who can already access websites won't want an app for each restaurant or business they frequent. Rather than apps catering to existing customers, Rakovitzky says, the more useful apps may be those that aggregate and filter area restaurants or businesses, introducing them to new consumers who are nearby. And though Apple sold more than 5 million iPhones in the second quarter of 2009, 4 out of 5 Americans still don't have a smartphone. Apps aren...
...recent days, despite the regime's heavy-handed efforts to stifle the resistance, public demonstrations have become more decentralized and frequent as protesters become increasingly bold and defiant. This shift in mood - from despondency in late June after the Basij fired on protesters following the June 12 presidential election, to a renewed sense of optimism - signals that the vocal opposition movement will not be going away anytime soon. "It's the national duty of every single man and woman to go to the streets," said a university student protester in her mid-20s. "This is far from over...