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...Boston last year. A three-story boarding house was burning, and firefighters were trying to save the homes of several families. Two members of truck company walked up a set of smoky stairs to stretch a hose line to the second floor. Suddenly, they yelled a may-day. A ladder was brought to the second floor--quickly--and the firefighters escaped. They barely escaped injury. And the panic in their voices sticks with me today. This was a "normal" fire--an everyday happening for the men in uniform...
...report also found that the number of women scientists working at each stage of a scientific career decreases as women ascend the academic ladder, saying that the "the pipeline of qualified women...is drying up in graduate school...
...women's depth showed against the over-matched Brown team. The Bears were clobbered at each step of the ladder. The women's depth will prove crucial later on in the season when the Crimson faces tougher opponents...
...matches last year in the bottom five of the ladder," Elias said...
...folks at the bottom of the ladder are making gains in real income for the first time in three decades," he said...