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...People think they can all be pop stars, high-court judges, brilliant TV personalities or infinitely more competent heads of state without ever putting in the necessary work or having natural ability." PRINCE CHARLES, describing an employee who has charged the prince's household with sex discrimination and unfair dismissal
...Girls Club, dropping off their children with caregivers provided by the program. The moms and dads share canned soda and free dinners such as chicken, potatoes and gravy before the two instructors--Gregory Edwards, author of the program's curriculum, and a female social worker--lead discussions on finances, household chores and parenting. Faverey, a mentor for Head Start families who is trained in relationship and child-development issues, follows up by visiting each couple at home once a week. She helps them create and follow a "relationship road map"--a list of goals like buying a home or marrying...
Television, the pros say, is a women's medium. Women watch more prime-time TV and are believed to make more household viewing choices. But you wouldn't have known it by watching lately. Like post-9/11 politics, much post-9/11 TV has been manly and daddy-oriented. The networks have churned out CSI clones that have mostly male leads. After a ratings drop-off among young men last fall, executives blamed new shows starring women (Karen Sisco, Miss Match). Family sitcoms hew to the formula of lumpy guy with hot, smart but secondary wife. Bush's answer...
...economy. And then there are the subsidies. Take a look at the millions and millions that Harvard will be shelling out to the Agassiz neighborhood (near the law school) for special projects over the next few years. According to census data, this pristine wilderness already has the second highest household income of all of Cambridge’s thirteen neighborhoods. But in an informal neighborhood poll conducted two years ago, residents voted 24-1 (with one abstention) in favor of halting all Harvard construction in the neighborhood—every last...
...economy. And then there are the subsidies. Take a look at the millions and millions that Harvard will be shelling out to the Agassiz neighborhood (near the law school) for special projects over the next few years. According to census data, this pristine wilderness already has the second highest household income of all of Cambridge’s thirteen neighborhoods. But in an informal neighborhood poll conducted two years ago, residents voted 24-1 (with one abstention) in favor of halting all Harvard construction in the neighborhood—every last...