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...their jobs would let them. A 1999 study by the State Institute for Family Research in Bamberg, Germany, found that 20% of men would like to take parental leave. But state figures show that only 2% of German fathers actually do so. Dortmund-based management assistant Ansgar von der Osten, 38, declined to take his unpaid parental leave entitlement of up to three years after the birth of each of his two children because his wife was studying. He also declined to take advantage of the part-time working hours to which he was legally entitled. The potential disadvantages were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And What About the Dads? | 5/2/2004 | See Source »

...atmosphere here is pretty laid back," says Rachel A. Osten `96, an undergraduate researcher in high energy astrophysics. "Astronomers are very casual. Many wear jeans and burks...

Author: By David S. Goodman, | Title: HARVARD'S Astrophysics JUGGERNAUT | 2/1/1995 | See Source »

Rather than pursue an independent project, many undergraduate students serve as assistants to the professional researchers. Osten works with a group that does "mostly solar physics." She says a term-time job "is a pretty sweet deal" and allows her to make her own hours...

Author: By David S. Goodman, | Title: HARVARD'S Astrophysics JUGGERNAUT | 2/1/1995 | See Source »

...Osten explains that students do not have to be astronomy or physics concentrators to get a job working at the CfA. "A friend of mine ended up working at the CfA after taking Science A-17...and he's a social studies major...

Author: By David S. Goodman, | Title: HARVARD'S Astrophysics JUGGERNAUT | 2/1/1995 | See Source »

...Osten is equally bemused about where herpaycheck comes from, noting that once it came fromthe U.S. Department of Agriculture...

Author: By David S. Goodman, | Title: HARVARD'S Astrophysics JUGGERNAUT | 2/1/1995 | See Source »

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