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...With divorce rates skyrocketing, even in Catholic southern Europe, the urge to look for silver linings is strong. Italy, for example, has seen a leap of 71 per cent since 1994, according to the research institute Eurispes. In 2003, there were nearly half as many separations and divorces as there were marriages. Increasing numbers of children are born out of wedlock. Not too long ago, such children - and their mothers - were stigmatized. Not any more, says Grazia Francolini, a director of corporate strategy for TNT Italy, who lives in San Donato, near Milan. At age 36, her mother had married...
It’s not anything close to a leap back to the era of free love, but it is a step toward safer sex and preventing cancer. In June, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it had approved Gardasil as a vaccine against strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV), which can cause cervical cancer in women. Subsequently, the Center for Disease Control’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended that girls receive the vaccine routinely at age 11 or 12. The vaccine offers a major breakthrough in women’s health...
...years are usually spent getting “gen chem” and orgo out of the way. If you can still remember from high school what “pKa” means, or you’re willing to go look it up, make sure you leap straight to orgo as as freshman. Most concentrators choose the Chem 20/30 sequence, rather than the more pre-med-filled 17/27 sequence.Chem 20 tends to be a bit easier than the information-crammed 17, but 30 is much more difficult than the cushier-in-comparison 27. In the end, your choice...
...doesn't take a leap of faith to imagine a healthy Ford Motor. Chrysler bounced back under Dieter Zetsche, who emphasized distinctive design and management discipline. Now he's a TV star. And Nissan was nearly bankrupt when Renault's Carlos Ghosn flew in and orchestrated a stunning turnaround (he declined overtures from outgoing CEO Bill Ford to try the same trick in Dearborn). Central to both revivals, however, is something Ford has too often forgotten: it's all about the car, stupid. "No automotive turnaround has been successful without a steady flow of strong products," notes General Motors chief...
...Lewis Sharp, was pushing to expand into a more significant institution. At the time, Libeskind, now 60, had completed just one major commission, but that building was the Jewish Museum, an architectural thunderbolt that would be endlessly talked about, contested and studied for its zigzag configurations. It took a leap of faith for Sharp and his trustees to place what would become a $90.5 million project in the hands of an architect in love with tilted walls and corkscrewing interiors. But it was a gamble that has paid off spectacularly. Libeskind's museum addition, which opens...