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Speechmaking at rallies, Ocasio says, "is kind of an interactive process. If people react to a certain topic I may go a little longer with that part of my speech...
...January-February issue of the Harvard Business Review creates an uproar as business and government leaders react to an article that claims that women are more costly to employ than men, lauching a debate about the corporate "mommy track...
Such forebodings have caused Hong Kong to react sharply to each twist and turn in the power struggle next door. The Hang Seng index, the main indicator of value of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, swung wildly throughout the week. After dropping nearly 11% on Monday, the index rose 9.3% the next day on signs that the Chinese crisis might be easing. But the continued unrest in China led to further whipsawing that left the index at 2765.67 when trading ended Friday, down a substantial 12% for the week...
...lack of reciprocity in U.S.-Japan relations is particularly galling. Perhaps that is why Americans react so emotionally to the Japanese buying spree yet all but ignore the far larger British and Dutch investment portfolios. Even Japanophiles like Norman Brown, chief executive of the Chicago-based advertising giant Foote, Cone & Belding, concede that the playing field is not level. "It's this lack of fairness and reciprocity that has deeply antagonized American business," he says. "There have been enough instances to have provoked a groundswell in reaction...
Chronobiology also has implications for medical treatment. Diagnostic tests can be misinterpreted if doctors are not aware of biological rhythms. For instance, patients may react more strongly to allergy tests that are given in the evening than to the same tests done in the morning. Last week Dr. William Hrushesky of Albany Medical College reported that women who undergo mastectomies during their menstrual period appear to have a higher risk of dying from breast cancer within five years than women who are operated on in the middle of their monthly cycle. Hrushesky speculates that hormones produced during menstruation somehow have...