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...tenure track position, you will probably prefer that, but people may come here who could have gotten a tenure track...
...other hand, populist though you be, you don't entrust your life savings to a friendly guy named Bud whom you met this morning at the bus depot. You prefer men named Calvin who work in buildings with pillars...
...ROCKING CHAIRS There are more and more grandparents in the U.S.--69 million at last count--and they are overturning all the old stereotypes. Today some 74% of Americans 50 and older have grandchildren, and these grandparents are wealthier, younger and more active than previous generations. They seem to prefer working to retirement. Grandma is more likely to be making business deals than cookies. Boomer grandparents are also comfortable using modern methods, like e-mail, to maintain family bonds...
...books that went easy on the cleavage and eye gouging. Most retailers would not sell comics that did not earn the association's seal. The system broke down in the 1970s, but for two decades it kept Batman from drinking blood and Wonder Woman dressed. What the politicians would prefer again is that the entertainment companies hold the line themselves. Of course, in a world where WWF Smackdown! qualifies as children's TV, nobody really knows where that line is supposed...
...parents argue against an ostensibly life-saving procedure because they are worried that saving one child could result in severe financial and emotional hardship for the family. In their minds, it's better for both children to die than for one to live - because that is the outcome they prefer. Unfortunately for these parents, the British court system is not prepared to grant them that power...