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...recent years, the Philippines has faced an unprecedented exodus. Though millions of men have come and gone to work overseas over the past century, the world's ever-increasing demand for "female labor" like caregiving and domestic service has swung open the exit door for the nation's women. Today, about 8.7 million Filipinos - some 10% of the population - are registered with the government as overseas workers. Thousands of workers leave the country every day, and half of the new hires are women, flying off to earn salaries that are propping up the country. Last year alone, overseas workers sent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Motherless Generation | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...presidential campaigns begin with a speech. Others start by taking the pulse of party leaders. Sarah Palin's 2012 bid kicked off over a steaming pot of moose chili under TV lights in her Alaska kitchen. The former vice-presidential candidate assured the world she was ready, should God open the door for her so much as a smidgen. "I'll plow through," she promised--as if anyone imagined otherwise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Moment | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...torch is being passed in the GOP, and the battle is on to see who will seize it: Mitt Romney, 2008's also-ran? Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty? Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, whom some look to as a Republican Obama? The party's spectacular collapse has spawned a wide-open struggle for the throne, and the long knives are already out. How's Palin with a knife? Ask the moose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Moment | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...racing was banned; our cyber-column was censored for several hours; and we began to feel the fallout from allegedly alleging a certain group of girls suffer from a particular health risk. [1] All this leaves us feeling ready to dish out some more advice—so gentlemen, open your Trapper Keepers (and ladies, your Lisa Frank folders) and start taking notes...

Author: By Daniel K Bilotti and Vincent M Chiappini, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Survival Facts for Frosh: Listen Up | 11/12/2008 | See Source »

First off, stop worrying about getting in trouble with your proctor. He is most likely a grad student at the Ed School, and is too busy drafting a Mad Minute or a word search to hear you cracking open that PBR. Also, you really can’t get in trouble for anything at our Ivory Tower. Remember that time Bilotti climbed to the top of Mem Church and started raining down chickwiches on a Justice TF attempting to hold section outside? [3] Neither does the Ad Board...

Author: By Daniel K Bilotti and Vincent M Chiappini, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Survival Facts for Frosh: Listen Up | 11/12/2008 | See Source »

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