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...universal conundrum for mothers in their 20s: the best years for having children coincide with the best years for establishing a career. Hewlett suggests "backward mapping": decide what you want from life by a certain age, and plan backward from there. Easier said than done, perhaps, but not for Leah Halpern, 27, of Hillsdale, N.J. Determined not to end up "a 35-year-old assistant," she took a big pay cut to move from Vanity Fair to a smaller magazine before having her baby, so she could get the more elevated job title she will need on her resume when...
...trying so hard to convince myself not to have these feelings," she recalls, "that I went to the Bible looking for confirmation that it was wrong. And what I found was the exact opposite: support for cousin marriages." The patriarch Jacob married two of his first cousins, Rachel and Leah; Isaac and Rebekah were first cousins once removed. (The Roman Catholic Church has opposed cousin marriages for more than a millennium but gives dispensation to couples considered worthy.) Smith married Mark in 1999; this year she founded a group called CUDDLE--Cousins United to Defeat Discriminating Laws through Education...
...real story behind Cornell’s continued success is their bats. The Big Red was led last year by sophomores Leah deRiel and 2001 Ivy League Rookie of the Year Kate Varde. Combined, both players led in six of the major hitting categories including batting average, home runs, and on base percentage...
...Brown and Teasley are the only Tar Heels who are shooting above 30 percent from three-point land. And freshman Leah Metcalf, North Carolina’s next-best three-point threat at 28 percent, has not been at 100 percent in recent weeks. Her numbers dropped in the ACC final against Duke after a shoulder strain the day before, and the whole team suffered because...
...trio of guards—senior Nikki Teasley, junior Coretta Brown and freshman Leah Metcalf—led the Tar Heels to a 24-8 overall record and an 11-5 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) mark. North Carolina received an at-large berth from the NCAA after finishing second in the ACC tournament, marking UNC Coach Sylvia Hatchell’s tenth NCAA appearance. The Tar Heels also finished at No. 16 in the final national polls...