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...likely to be absent than others, often for legitimate reasons - for starters, women. Absenteeism is "the only indicator where females perform worse" than males, says Andrea Ichino, an economics professor at the European University in Florence, citing women's health issues and family commitments as possible reasons. And statistics reveal that manual workers are more likely to be absent from work than their white-collar counterparts, thanks to injurious working conditions and lack of economic incentives. Unfortunately, some strategies to verify illness have made the absenteeism issue more opaque. In Belgium, citizens who want to take time off sick present...
...time.” But one needs only to walk down the stairs to an otherwise unassuming Straus C basement. There’s a piano, sheet music, a pitch-pipe and eight dedicated and talented singers. While the Fallbacks are all business in rehearsal, though, their interactions reveal a close-knit group. Fallback Maria A. May ’06 cites the group’s “good energy and tight friendship” as their biggest asset. Members even stuck around after an intense practice session to help Neil K. Mehta ’06 prepare...
...regular exercise. One short-term measure that should be considered is negotiating reduced-cost memberships in local gyms. Perhaps the College could lease or purchase fitness equipment to be installed in the Houses to take some of the pressure off the MAC. A creative look at floor plans might reveal additional space for cardio machines like the balcony overlooking the basketball courts. Finally, a quick glance at the cardio signup sheets shows that while the ellipticals and treadmills are always taken, other equipment mostly sits idle; some of that dead weight should be thrown out to make more room...
Growth forecasts for 2003 reveal this plight in stark contrast. While Zimbabwe faces the worst situation of any country, with a predicted 10 percent GDP decline, its neighbor Mozambique—with which it shares an expansive common border, cultural affinities, similar resources, geography and climate—will surge forward with a stunning 10 percent GDP growth, making it the third fastest growing nation...
...Bush to the U.S. Court of Appeals, is currently very much in question, thanks to a filibuster by increasingly immovable Senate Democrats, who refuse to allow Estrada's name to come up for a vote, in part because the White House will not release key documents they believe will reveal Estrada's right-wing activism. The would-be judge has not betrayed much of anything in the course of his controversial nomination hearings; Democrats say Estrada, a 42-year-old lawyer, lacks the necessary experience and record to assume the lifelong post presiding over a federal appeals court, while Republicans...