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...fact, by far the best story in the collection is about the very Singaporean dilemma of national service. So that their male scions may escape this obligation, some Singaporean families flee the country - like the family of Eddie in "Those Who Serve, Those Who Do Not." In this story, as in life, an absconder like Eddie can't return to Singapore without facing prosecution. But his sister Joanne returns from her comfortable, pseudo exile in Sydney to visit Uncle Sam and cousin Peter. They did not have the means of escape and instead relied on a powerfully Singaporean stoicism...
...Boys Club: Uncensored Tactics from a Woman at the Top (Ballantine), the audacious book by Nina DiSesa, chairman of the flagship New York City office of the advertising agency McCann Erickson. She lets out a war whoop, intent on "breaking down the barriers of that impenetrable bastion of male arrogance and supremacy: 'the boys club.'" One weapon, she confides, is "the Art of S&M (Seduction and Manipulation)." One of DiSesa's guiding principles, however, is, "Don't confuse seduction with sex (one is a brilliant business tactic; the other isn't)." Her other rules could be just as useful...
However important, assertiveness alone won't get anyone into the corner office. These guides are useful armor for the long slog to the top, but women, be advised: there are plenty of books by authors with last names like Gates and Iacocca filled with the secrets of male success. They're just not labeled that...
...says, pausing for a moment. “Nicole Krauss, but she’s married to one of the Jonathans.”For Dovey, then, there’s a particular poignancy to the accolades “Blood Kin” has received from notable male authors. “Again, as a female author, it’s all about how you’re framed,” she says. “That’s why having the blurbs is so important. Having male authors like Colum McCann and [J.M.] Coetzee blurb your...
...campaign's attempts to change his image over the past month have been largely self-defeating. Since Obama's double-digit loss in Ohio -where he lost the white male non-college-educated vote to Clinton 66% to 31% - his campaign has been trotting him through a series of extracurricular activities like bowling, shopping and grabbing beers at a bar. But rather than make him look more like a regular guy, they have looked strained - a regular guy struggling to be a politician playing the role of a regular guy for a photo...