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Internship opportunities in politics, business and the social sector abound through other Harvard research centers for students wishing to work in the United States or even Latin America. Yet for summer work in Europe, undergraduates have mostly had to rely on their own networking abilities—asking friends of friends, talking to professors or boldly contacting organizations themselves. As part of the new initiative, the undergraduate advisory board is seeking to establish an internship network and to grant funding for students to pursue work on the continent. The first CES career panel is slated for April 19, to offer...
...split the second shift with some sensitive New Age man. But slowly the snappy, upbeat work-life rhythm has changed for women in high-powered posts like Nevins. The U.S. workweek still averages around 34 hours, thanks in part to a sluggish manufacturing sector. But for those in financial services, it's 55 hours; for top executives in big corporations, it's 60 to 70, says Catalyst, a research and consulting group that focuses on women in business. For dual-career couples with kids under 18, the combined work hours have grown from 81 a week...
Because these women represent a small and privileged sector, the dimensions of the exodus are hard to measure. What some experts are zeroing in on is the first-ever drop-off in workplace participation by married mothers with a child less than 1 year old. That figure fell from 59% in 1997 to 53% in 2000. The drop may sound modest, but, says Howard Hayghe, an economist at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, "that's huge," and the figure was roughly the same in 2002. Significantly, the drop was mostly among women who were white, over 30 and well educated...
...CONTEXT: The statement would be fair if it were in the past tense, but it's not accurate about what's happening in the present. Kerry first introduced this charge back in November, when the nation had lost more than 3 million private-sector jobs since the start of the Bush presidency. (The number has since dipped under 3 million.) The 1,500,000th minute of the Bush presidency ticked by in December. Divide the jobs lost by the number of minutes and--presto!--two jobs a minute. But hirings began overtaking firings last September, and the economy has been...
...thriving middle class will inevitably demand an end to violence and ensure a peaceful democracy. "If you have a job and a home and a cell phone, you'll be a lot less eager to launch attacks," says Tom Foley, an investment banker from Greenwich, Conn., who runs private-sector development for the coalition in Baghdad. His argument may not be proved for years. But the belief that companies can help foster democracy while earning money has been a strong draw for Iraqi emigres. After decades of exile in the U.S., Sabah Khesbak, 50, flew home to Baghdad last October...