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That may be in part because male nannies are now hip. Jon Bon Jovi, playing the latest love interest of TV's Ally McBeal, doubles as a nanny to her daughter, 10. Trend spotter Faith Popcorn predicts that in the next decade, "manny" (as the guys are called) will become, well, a household word. "Europeans have known for decades that guys can be just as nurturing," says Helen Riley-Collins of San Francisco's In-House Staffing at Aunt Ann's, one of the country's oldest agencies. "Now we're starting to accept...
Thailand, too, has asked the WTO for trademark protection for its famed variety of jasmine rice--the bright white, popcorn-flavored staple served in many Asian-cuisine restaurants. Thai farmers fear that a strain of the rice being developed for American climes by plant geneticist Chris Deren at the University of Florida will significantly cut into the $300 million worth of jasmine rice sold each year...
...Thailand, too, has asked the wto for trademark protection for its famed variety of jasmine rice?the bright white, popcorn-flavored staple served in many Asian-cuisine restaurants. Thai farmers fear that a strain of the rice being developed for American climes by plant geneticist Chris Deren at the University of Florida will significantly cut into the $300 million worth of jasmine rice sold each year...
...eating popcorn and watching Must-See TV with a resident tutor these days is progress, and much personal interaction students have with their tutors and professors does not depend on abstract institutional calculations regarding undergraduate emotional health. It depends on how loudly people ask for what they want. “Most of you come to Harvard because you have some idealistic notion of what Harvard should be. It needs to be worth all the sacrifices that you and your parents make,” Gomes says. “You, today’s generation, push the questions about...
Republicans say the Democrats are already overplaying their hand. But Republicans are fighting back just the same. Bush's new pension-reform plan seeks to fix some of the things that went wrong for Enron employees, and like-minded G.O.P.-sponsored measures are going off like popcorn in both the House and the Senate. The proposals don't go as far as Democrats want, but businesses fret that they are just an opening bid. Too many restrictions, the lobbyists say, will discourage companies from making any matching contributions to employee retirement funds...