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Congratulations, ace. America's unprecedented economic gains were beaten out of your work-obsessed hide, and what have you got to show for it? A few extra bucks to pay the shrink or the barkeep? A promotion that bumps you up to 60 hours a week? A pager? The bone they haven't thrown you is the one you desperately need--more time away from the salt mine...
...Suggestions? John McCain and the rest of the campaign-finance crowd are focused on the money that comes in; the British cap campaign spending, counting on the peddling problem to shrink accordingly. Both limitations are likely to run into free-speech problems - but then again, why should rich people have the loudest voice, whether the voice belongs to the elected official himself, as in Corzine's case, or to his contributors? In any case, now that Corzine, who made his $400 million in an instant when Goldman Sachs went public, has apparently solved the problem of why rich...
...leading some to jokingly refer to him as "SNCC's resident shrink." Coles also marched with Martin Luther King...
...eminent institution of the modern world for several centuries, it is now seen to be in a condition of decay. Throughout the world, people are reconsidering what they have in common and what distinguishes them from others. Modernization, economic development, urbanization and globalization have led people to shrink their identity. People now identify with those who are most like them, those with whom they share a common language, religion, tradition and history. Today Scots, Kosovars, Catalonians, Chechens and others are all affirming their identity and seeking a political voice...
...popularity of dancing with a partner to skyrocket. It not only became clear that Harvard would be competitive for years to come, but that there would continue to be a high level of competition. Prior to the sudden jolt in popularity, other schools had seen their dance programs shrink over the previous five years...