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...been doing in our kitchens all these years if not some species of work? No one receives AFDC payments without having at least one child to feed, wash, dress and pick up after, and the assumption of the welfare reformers seems to be that these activities are on a par with bonbon consumption. In the conceptual framework that holds that welfare mothers "don't work," affluent married homemakers can't rank much higher than courtesans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Real Babies, Illegitimate Debates | 8/22/1994 | See Source »

...getting the library system technologically up to par will not necessarily mean easier or improved access to the facts and figures buried in card catalogues...

Author: By H. NICOLE Lee, | Title: Libraries Kill Catalogues, Take new Role | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

...funds could add to the Harvard Arts and Sciences Computer Services' overburdened staff and bring Harvard closer to a par with schools like MIT and Dartmouth...

Author: By Jonathan N. Axelrod, | Title: What Harvard Will Do With Its $2.1B | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

...Perhaps so, but even by Wills' narrow definition of business leadership -- that it mostly has to do with selling -- someone like Bill Gates of Microsoft, who had much more originality than Perot and built a much more important company, might have been a stronger example of the corporate leader par excellence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: Following the Leaders | 5/9/1994 | See Source »

Boyda finished third on the team with an 84 for the first day and a 76 on the second for a combined score of 160. In the first nine holes on the second day he was three under par before falling off pace on the back nine...

Author: By Sean D. Wissman, | Title: M. Golf Swinging in the Rain | 5/5/1994 | See Source »

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