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...late '80s. Yet overall, home prices have risen an average 6.3% annually. Part of the appeal is that even when supply and demand turn sour, home economics makes sense. Mortgage interest is deductible, and when they sell their home, a couple can walk away with $500,000 of their gain tax-free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Bubble? | 8/5/2002 | See Source »

Edelman’s previous research also includes the use of Internet blocking software by the governments of China, Saudi Arabia and countries in the former Soviet Union. This background investigating Internet censorship could help Edelman gain sympathy about his efforts to examine filtering software in the U.S., Hansen said...

Author: By Stephanie M. Skier, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ACLU Represents Harvard Student In Internet Filtering Case | 8/2/2002 | See Source »

...documentary also portrayed the violent struggle that many blacks in the South faced to gain such basic democratic rights as voting—with the violence inflicted leading to greater attention by national media and politicians to the hypocritical practices taking place in many southern states...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Crossley Discusses Civil Rights Documentary Work | 8/2/2002 | See Source »

...quitting. "There's a lot of pressure for young women to keep a stable job and find a good husband," says Renrui as she grimaces with the exertion of another deep knee- bend. "Exercise lets me relieve the stress I get from society and work." No pain, no gain. But in this instance, pain is pricey. The regimen in which Renrui is enrolled costs nearly $700, squats included...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Sweatshops | 7/29/2002 | See Source »

...feel even more sorry for both sexes outside the classroom, where middle school consciousness of gender looms over my students more than anything, except maybe the MCAS. Today at lunch, my table of girls decided they weren’t going to eat lunch for fear they might gain weight. While these 11-year-old girls agonize over every sandwich, their male counterparts are showing off their muscles and manhandling smaller boys to flaunt their strength. One of my students doesn’t understand that sports aren’t everything—that physical strength can only take...

Author: By Claire A. Pasternack, | Title: Assigned Seating Next Time | 7/26/2002 | See Source »

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