Word: graying
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Miller is far from alone. Baby boomers who for one reason or another retire early are increasingly starting reverse-gender businesses. The phenomenon is growing at a rate of about 20% a year, estimates John Challenger, chief executive officer of Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a Chicago-based international outplacement firm. The boomers, often disenchanted with corporate America, are spurred by a desire to control their own destiny. In striking out on their own, they feel a powerful sense of liberation and of not giving a rip what others think--two emotions that tend to accompany aging, observes Debra Mandel...
...federal law-enforcement source tells TIME that the bureau was actually investigating Carpenter while it was working with him. Agents are supposed to check out their informants, and intruding into foreign computers is illegal, regardless of intent. But two sources familiar with Carpenter's story say there is a gray area in cybersecurity, and Carpenter apparently felt he had been unofficially encouraged by the military and, at least initially, by the FBI. Although the U.S. Attorney declined to pursue charges against him, Carpenter feels betrayed. "It's just ridiculous. I was tracking real bad guys," he says. "But they...
TASTEFUL TACKLE Remember those ugly gray boxes stuffed with slimy bait? FisherGirl is giving them a feminine face-lift and donating part of the $30 price to breast-cancer research...
Concerned about treatment of farm animals? Then look for the new "certified humane" label on menus and in supermarkets. The label promises that the animals ate antibiotic- and hormone- free diets and were compassionately raised. The extra care costs more, but chefs like Todd Gray at Equinox in Washington and Patricia Yeo at New York City's Sapa swear by the quality and taste...
...probably a good thing to have a woman on the Corporation,” James R. Houghton ’56, the board’s senior fellow, said in an interview last year after Hanna H. Gray announced she would step down from the board. “But there is not a woman slot on the Corporation.” Gray was succeeded by Keohane, a woman...