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...other words, economic woes that have long plagued those at the lower fringes of the American middle class are now hitting people near the heart of it (the median household income was $50,233 in 2007, according to the latest data from the Census Bureau). And they're hitting fast...
...group of mothers if they would continue to work full-time if they didn’t have to and the answer will overwhelmingly come back ‘No!’,” she writes. Despite the fact that this statement is a near truism (wouldn’t the majority of people cut back on work if their monetary circumstances permitted?), Basham proceeds to cite additional surveys proving that, while working women strongly desire to drift back into domesticity, men want to remain in the workplace, even in the absence of a financial imperative...
...crease and converted on a diving shot. The other goal came on a scrum in front of the net. As Rory Pedrick was driving towards the crease, the ball was poked out of his stick and into the air. Pike was unaware as the ball bounced precariously near the goal line. Two defenders converged on the ball, but in an attempt to secure the ground ball, it was accidentally knocked into the goal. At the start of the third period, UMass added another goal, this one by attacker Art Kell, to extend its lead...
...percent over last year. The program, which gives students the opportunity to work on public service projects over the week-long vacation, will send about 120 students to nine different locations this March. More students will be participating in the program this year than any other year in its near half-century history, with the exception of 2006, when a special donation from the Harvard COOP allowed 150 students to work in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. PBHA Executive Director Gene A. Corbin said he believed the rise in applicants was the effect of both word-of-mouth and increased...
...many skaters on the ice—Stewart found Gersten open on the right wing. From distance, the defenseman smashed the puck through a crowded goalmouth and past the glove of junior goaltender Christina Kessler.Cue delirium amongst the RPI bench and fans; cue devastation amongst the Crimson players so near but yet so far from victory.“You have to let [the players] go through the process of being disappointed and dissatisfied and see what comes out of the dust—you can’t patch the holes at this point,” Stone said...