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...private lives. The results showed that roughly half of those polled felt that their work interferes with a satisfying sex life, and 46 percent said their job negatively impacted their spousal relationships. An “extreme job,” by definition, involved working at least 60 hours per week. “Extreme” workers also tended to follow unusual and unpredictable schedules, travel frequently, and hold responsibility for profit and loss. Jem E. Veljic ’06 said she has been able to maintain a serious relationship while working in an investment bank office...
...bandy about words like “existentialism” and “Ubermensch” with reckless abandon, and that’s just dangerous. 1. “Moulin Rouge.” No. (I know that Moulin Rouge isn’t a play per se, and my apologies to all those who really like the movie, but I really do have nightmares about some form of it being put up in the Ag.) —Mary A. Brazelton ’08 is the incoming Arts Monday editor. Her incredible knowledge of theater makes...
...from drunk driving. For another, the rest of the world may actually have evolved higher physiological tolerances for alcohol, an effect that Americans cannot hope to duplicate overnight. Finally, research shows that European countries, at least, do actually have an alcohol problem: Europe, as a whole, consumes far more,per capita than the United States, and its rates of liver problems are alarming...
...mileage than their fuel-economy stickers indicated they would. Faced with a growing chorus of complaints, the EPA reacted by holding hearings last winter and collecting more than 3,000 comments from manufacturers, consumers and environmentalists. This week the EPA announced it was changing how it determines the miles-per-gallon estimates that appear on new vehicle window stickers...
...rule, however, will have no bearing on the corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) numbers the manufacturers provide the U.S. Department of Transportation. The CAFE rules require cars to get at least 27.5 miles per gallon, but the numbers are compiled in a different way from the numbers on the fuel-economy stickers...