Word: hooks
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...repeatedly that the gap between rich and poor is one of the government's central concerns. In New Songjiang, the reasons for his insistence become obvious. Theoretically, migrant workers are supposed to receive some health-insurance benefits from the companies that hire them. But many, particularly day laborers who hook up with small contractors, do not. I spent one evening a few months ago in the emergency room of the huge, modern hospital in New Songjiang. In the space of about three hours, five construction workers were admitted, including one who had tumbled three stories from an apartment building under...
...Indeed, both Harvard men and women must confront the same problem: a dating culture conspicuous by its absence. The concept of taking someone out to dinner and a movie has been replaced by the nebulous notion of the hook-up. Harvard students are getting more action on Friday nights with total strangers than many loving Victorian couples did in the course of 50-year marriages. This is not optimal. But what other options does our generation have...
...Solomon speaks to the extremes of the Harvard dating scene—a scene that leaves students with two options: the commited long-term relationship and the growing phenomenon of the hook...
...HOOK UP GENERATION
...think that Harvard students are busy, so the hook-up thing is definitely on the table,” Brown says. “But Harvard kids are really intense, really committed, so that comes out in the intense relationships...