Word: karen
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...When Karen Fisher's mother passed away 11 years ago, her father, then 72, began to spend nearly all his time traveling or staying at a second home in Brownsville, Texas. "He wasn't the kind of guy you worried about being alone at Christmas," says Fisher, 49, who lives in Grand Rapids, Mich. But in January, her father fell seriously ill. Eighty-three and infirm, he has returned to Michigan, where Fisher, after cutting her work hours and income, helps care for him. Her husband, she says, "has been supportive. But you sort of ask, 'How many years...
...when CEOs and department heads try to balance their own lives, instead of merely urging subordinates to do so, then everyone benefits. "In our research we have found that any change in attitude works best when the tone at the top stipulates what the corporate culture will be," says Karen Sumberg of the Center for Work-Life Policy in the U.S. "If taking time to go see your child play soccer is O.K., and you see that the man or woman at the top does the same thing, then the culture will start to shift in that direction...
...Black Fluted Mega range by Karen Kjaeldgard-Larsen for Royal Copenhagen Kjaeldgard-Larsen was just 26 when she revamped the venerable Blue Fluted pattern for Royal Copenhagen (est. 1775) in 2000. After that success, her Mega range was extended to every fashionista's favorite color. Each piece is hand-painted before glazing - it's as classy as a Crown Princess in a little black dress. www.royalcopenhagen.com
...Karen Tumulty didn't speak of the elephant in the room: the Republican Party. It is bigoted, divisive and hypocritical; it is blurring the lines between church and state, abusing our Constitution, politicizing every agency, bankrupting our economy, flouting congressional oversight, abusing our troops and governing without compassion but with plenty of incompetence. The irony about not speaking about the elephant when talking about the party of the elephant is in itself ironic. Jenna Walden, SEATTLE...
...Spring Greeney ’09 is an environmental science and public policy concentrator in Pforzheimer House. Karen A. McKinnon ’10 lives in Mower Hall. Garrett G. D. Nelson ’09, a Crimson editorial editor, is a social studies and visual and environmental studies concentrator in Cabot House. All are members of the Board of the Environmental Action Committee...