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...where you are because you have talent or because you are female and black." James was stunned into silence, not because she had never beheld such a stereotype in the workplace but because no one had ever voiced it to her face. Her colleague explained he meant no harm. "He was trying to help me, and in his own way, he did," she says. "It was a blast of reality." James, now 48, answered in time--by rising to division president...
...under pressure to pass on a single shot. It can be refined and amended with input and become a more effective piece of legislation.Despite its harsh criticisms, The Times still endorsed Proposition 74, saying that—despite its poor form—it would do more good than harm. This opinion is the result of a sort of catch-22. Even when the ballot initiatives are flawed, sometimes there is simply nowhere else for Californians to look for effective government. Totally controlled by Democrats and devoid of any competition, the legislature is solidified, bordering on corrupt...
...occasional death in infants. “For most people, the risk from mercury by eating fish and shellfish is not a health concern,” states a March 2004 FDA report. “Yet, some fish and shellfish contain higher levels of mercury that may harm an unborn baby or young child’s developing nervous system.”But HMS Professor Emily Oken, who spearheaded the Environmental Health Perspectives study, said the risks of eating fish while pregnant must be weighed against the benefits. “Over the last few decades there?...
...vendors and shoppers as close as within 15 ft. In just seconds, an alert army lieutenant, Avi Buskila, jumped him and, with the help of two other soldiers, snatched his rifle and jerked him away. Because of Buskila's quick action and perhaps Friedman's poor shooting, the harm was less than it could have been. Friedman got off 20 rounds, wounding six people but killing none. Still, the episode frayed the city's nerves, reminding residents of the 1994 massacre of 29 Muslim worshippers by a Jewish fanatic...
...added that “these critical roles are not without their attendant scientific controversies.”“There are always areas of causal uncertainty that take a long time to resolve, but there is often also an urgency to prevent harm and protect the health of people,” Bloom said. “The impetus from citizens and communities is necessary both to expose health problems and eventually to solve them.” Also honored yesterday was Kenneth Olden, former director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the first...