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...notion of women as the more sympathetic and compassionate gender. Nevertheless, I am aware of what traditionally happens to women when they defy this stereotype. Revisionist historians look to the Salem witch trials as a backlash against women who might have been seen as overly demanding, cold or just plain aggressive. Seventeenth century judges used a "w" instead of a "b," and the flogging commenced...
They were diligent and strong, and they were jobless. They were victims of economic dislocation and plain bad luck. One of them told us of building a home for his family, only to have it destroyed by a gas explosion a week later, before he had purchased insurance...
Talk about a panacea. Two years ago, doctors announced that daily doses of plain old inexpensive aspirin could significantly reduce the risk of heart attacks. Now the ubiquitous little pill that seems to be good for everything from headaches to menstrual cramps has done it again. Its new role: preventing strokes...
...Policies which punish graduate students for teachin in their home departments are just plain unfair...
While it is encouraging that Rafsanjani has publicly expressed a desire for the hostages' release, Western intelligence agencies have yet to detect any activity. Rafsanjani's own goals seem plain. Recently, he has been seeking to borrow as much as $27 billion from Western sources to rebuild his country's economy, which needs money and technology. He also aims to end Iran's diplomatic isolation from both the West and his Arab neighbors. With those goals in mind, he has apparently launched a hostage-release initiative and is seeking maximum publicity so that even if his effort fails, his good...