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...women's issues go, Yard says the Democrats claim to "be supportive of women's rights but they do precious little about it." Indeed, by shying away from strong stances on issues like civil rights, education and health care, the Democrats have ignored their bread and butter constituency: America's underprivileged...
...crisis has forced many in Douglas County to reappraise a life-style more precious now that it is endangered. Those who work in the woods can make $35,000 to $45,000 a year. Millworkers generally make less. But the issue is more than money. They have also been forced to re-examine themselves and the ecological legacy they have been left. Douglas County has always been dependent on natural resources, though it has not always used them prudently. In the 19th century, furriers killed off many of the furbearing animals and, in so doing, their trade as well. Later...
...bottom line is just one way of solving what Deborah Dougherty, assistant professor of management at the Wharton School, sees as the crucial problem of the new decade: "connecting innovation with existing business." In an era of global competition, fresh ideas have become the most precious raw materials. That means companies suddenly want their employees to think on their own, which calls for enormous change at firms where imagination was once considered a subversive trait. "In the past four years, creativity has been mainstreamed," says Roger von Oech, who runs Creative Think, a Menlo Park, Calif., outfit specializing in shaking...
STUDENT pressure on the administration, such as the April class boycott, has often proven effective at other universities. But Harvard has shown in the last five years precious little response to undergraduate complaints of lack of faculty diversity. It is no secret that student voices within these ivied walls frequently echo unheard. As a member of the faculty, Bell's refusal to teach validates student claims of unfair hiring practices...
...ploy of the tobacco industry has been to embrace the Constitution. Philip Morris has sponsored a high-profile media campaign to heap praise on the Bill of Rights. Send away to Philip Morris and they'll be glad to mail you a copy of the document that guarantees our precious democratic liberties...