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...very troubled, because no one is seeing the real problem in this country. Someone needs to tell Bill Clinton that some of the most talented people in the country aren't working simply because they were born before 1950." Someone should convey the same message to employers who moan about how hard it is to find qualified help in today's tight labor markets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Careers: Unmasking Age Bias | 9/7/1998 | See Source »

...genetic component to these traits, that kids like Luke and Kip simply lack the DNA that keeps their fingers off the trigger. In the end, Satan is certainly the easier explanation, if less intellectually satisfying. As Kurt Cobain once sang, "Now the people cry and the people moan/ ... And try to find some place to rest their bones/ While the angels and the devils/ Fight to claim them for their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Of Arms and The Boy | 7/6/1998 | See Source »

...Nikki uses to overcome imposed hardships. Thomas-Graham has highlighted a valid problem worthy of further discussion, but, without initiating that discussion, the book's treatment of this problem becomes so diluted as to lose significance. In short, race becomes a subject about which characters can bitch and moan, but not one that the reader can take seriously, regardless of the author's attempts...

Author: By Glenn A. Reisch, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Blood Is Always Redder | 6/19/1998 | See Source »

...that time of the year again. May has finally rolled around, and while the rest of the world is enjoying the light and warmth, Harvard students are greeting the darkness that is the cavernous campus library system. Moan, groan. In honor of Gwen 'Spicy' Shen's motto "always look at the bright side," here is a list of 10 reasons to be happy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 10 Reasons To Be Happy | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

...location, you moan, we're marooned! Here's secret number two: the location is not a problem. In fact, its inconvenience is ridiculously exaggerated. The shuttles come so often that the schedule-savvy Quadling, if he or she so chooses, can actually walk a great deal less than your average river rat. Sure, there are down times (usually in the mid afternoon), and in the morning or around lunchtime those red and white buses can get pretty crowded. But the shuttle service, ever sensitive to student suggestion, has improved steadily over the past three years, to the point that there...

Author: By Lynn Y. Lee, | Title: Debunking the Myth | 3/31/1998 | See Source »

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