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...researchers found that the states with the lowest percentages of women in their legislative bodies averaged about 10-15 percent female membership, while the states with the highest female representation had closer to 30-35 percent women...
...think about the view that women bring to the table and the fact that we make up about 50 percent of the population, that gap is quite large,” said Kristin E. Blagg ’08, one of the writers of the report and a co-chair of the policy group...
...also come out of retirement to reprise leadership of a beloved institution that had happened on troubled times. In 2002, after the stock of Corning Inc.—a glass and fiber-optics company that his great-great-grandfather founded in 1851—plummeted by 95 percent, the company’s board asked Houghton to return as chief executive...
...Though Corning’s financial position was strong throughout the 1990s, its fortunes dropped sharply following the end of the dot-com boom when the company’s large investments in optical communications soured. As the stock fell to just five percent of its previous value, Corning’s board turned to their trusted leader to revive the company, even though he had been retired for six years...
...survey, more than 10 percent of respondents who plan to work next year said they will do so in education. Forty-one seniors have joined TFA this year, almost twice the 24 that joined last year...