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...there are ways to circumvent this problem. For a start, technology has allowed employers to be more flexible about when and where employees work. By cutting time spent traveling and sitting in dreary meetings, dads and moms can share more time with their children. And perhaps couples should resist the tendency to form nuclear families and go back to living in good old extended families, with three or more generations coexisting happily under a single roof. In that setting grandparents would help with household chores, granting parents more free time to share with their kids. If such changes were made...
...members still faithfully use the same methods as their Manchu ancestors. Among the collectibles are wobbly headed lions (complete with fluffy manes) and figurines of a rabbit god worshiped in Beijing since the Ming dynasty. The little ones will adore them, but adults will find them hard to resist too-craftsmanship this good belongs on a living-room shelf as well as in the nursery...
...years old again, dancing around in the living room with your dad. The lyrics don’t match the bubbly melody. They have nothing to do with Australia—they’re all about frustration with a dead-end life. McCormick apparently couldn’t resist the juxtaposition of Mercer’s lines “Been alone since you were 21 / You haven’t laughed since January” with a shot of keyboardist Marty Crandall in a pine tree costume diving into a moving van filled with stolen balloons. The band...
...HDAG) were on hand to present yesterday’s legislation, which included both a position paper and a resolution urging the administrators of Harvard’s endowment to adhere to HDAG’s model for divestment. Among the central tenets of the legislation were imperatives to resist investing in any companies that “have a business relationship with the Sudanese government” while “[failing] to benefit civilians outside of the government.” Following the meeting, UC President Ryan A. Petersen ’08 expressed his support...
...Give Them a Home I was interested to read about the flourishing buffalo population, but the author could not resist reminding us that the species Bison bison is not a true buffalo [March 26]. I have been hearing this for about 65 years. I do not understand the zeal for calling the animals bison rather than buffalo when similar misidentities are usually ignored. For example, the pronghorn antelope is really not an antelope, and the jackrabbit is not a rabbit. Let's give bison a rest and let the buffalo roam-along with other common usages. Russell Schofiel, Glendale, Arizona...