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...there is any good news, it is that the harshest phase of the layoffs may be over. Companies have reacted to this downturn more swiftly than usual with deep pre-emptive cuts. Still, economists expect that as many as 1 million more Americans may lose their jobs before the recession's effects fade next fall -- and that forecast assumes that the war ends within a few months. The Commerce Department reported a seeming indicator of strength in the economy last week, announcing that orders for durable goods climbed 4.4% during December. But only limited segments of the economy benefited, since...
Even Dershowitz's harshest critics usually acknowledge that the law prof's defenses, if not his intentions, are firmly grounded in legal scholarship. But how long can Dershowitz's media honeymoon last...
...union. "She worked her way to the top. She never had anything given to her." The same refrain is heard during a gripe session with beat cops at a police station in a rough neighborhood. To them, Brown was anathema, an outsider, but Watson is almost family. About the harshest assessment of Watson came from a sergeant: "When she was a patrolman, she couldn't ride the streets. So you can't blame her for not having that experience. But you can blame her for not listening to those...
...entering state prisons are mothers, 85% with custody of their children. By contrast, 60% of male state prisoners are fathers, and less than half have custodial responsibility. Though a convicted drug dealer hardly fits the stereotype of a good mother, jailed mothers say separation from their offspring is the harshest punishment. Their alternatives are grim: put the children up for adoption, release them for foster care or, most often, leave them with relatives...
...different kinds of people, including minorities, women, the incarcerated, the poor and other marginalized groups," said the Philadelphia native shortly before her narrow victory in an acrimonious election as assistant bishop. Since her precedent-shattering achievement, however, the 60-year-old Harris has managed to quiet even her harshest detractors. Refusing to become an "international Anglican gadfly," she says her priority is to carry out her Boston-area pastoral and sacramental duties. Amen...