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Many of the concerns that have long been voiced by preceptors—the desire for job security, higher salaries, and smaller class sizes??remain largely unaddressed, according to interviews with several preceptors...
There’s no denying that in American culture a woman’s physical size exerts a powerful influence on the way she is viewed and judged by others. As a result, for many women, their actual weight and any manifestations of it—namely clothing sizes??can become integral parts of their identity. Now, living as we are in an era of the size zero and a constant bombardment of images of ever-shrinking celebrity women, there is more concern than ever that women’s self-images are being pushed...
...correspond to any actual part of a woman’s body. Obviously, wearing a size two does not mean that one’s waist is two inches in circumference. Instead, clothing companies should make the switch to the practices of men’s sizes??base the numbers on waist and height measurements. That way, women will have a consistent, concrete basis through which to understand their sizes. Additionally, before getting any bright ideas about aspiring to a size “subzero,” confronted with meaningful numbers, women may stop and realize that...
...Brien dumped a box full of College brochures—each with different colors and sizes??onto the desk in Gross’s University Hall office...
...those with bulky inboxes, Davis suggested two “quite easy” ways to reduce inbox sizes??users may save old messages to saved-mail folders or delete them...