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...charge that women have different skills that are not rewarded on the test, Penn said: "Is the solution to drop geometry or to say, 'We need to encourage women to take geometry?' You don't burn down a house to get rid of rats...
...arguing that virginity is a more virtuous path than promiscuity. My more immediate aim is to rid us of the notion that virginity in males should be a source of embarrassment and shame. I ask that that the conception of virginity be reconsidered...
They built it--The New School of Public Policy at Pepperdine University, sometimes known as Baywatch U for its Malibu setting--and he will come. Not in August, as he promised, but as soon as independent counsel Kenneth Starr can get rid of the pesky job of investigating the President and First Lady...
...defensive, and polling shows that the country likes his program (no surprise, as polls had already told him it would be popular). At the National Prayer Breakfast two weeks ago, Clinton found room for improvement, exhorting the crowd to "pray for the people in public office, that we can rid ourselves of this toxic atmosphere of cynicism and embrace with joy and gratitude this phenomenal opportunity and responsibility before us." Which is just another way of praying that the past won't come back to haunt...
...harsh and callous treatment of them by their management during labor talks, can in some sense create even more trouble. "We are owners, and we have serious clout," says Captain Kevin Dohm, a 737 pilot from Chicago. "If need be, we will force the issue and start getting rid of management." That would include Gerald Greenwald, the man the union picked to run the company...