Word: social
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...only natural to want to glimpse the lives behind those concrete façades. Wolf addresses this in the companion volume Inside, subtitled OneHundred by OneHundred, which hones in on Shek Kip Mei Estate, Hong Kong's oldest public-housing complex. With the help of a social worker, in April 2007 Wolf gained access to 100 residents of the estate's soon-to-be-demolished Mark I blocks - accommodation of 1950s vintage designed to house the greatest number of people and to be built in the quickest possible time in response to a burgeoning city's housing crisis. He then...
...conclusion that current methods don't work. A growing number of researchers and educators agree that a more radical approach is needed. They advocate starting financial education a lot earlier than high school, putting real money and spending decisions into kids' hands and talking openly about the emotions and social influences tied to how we spend...
...Negro - at least for the time being. Considering that older black people are more likely to use the term, Negro will almost surely eventually come off the Census. But it is important to remember that when it does, it will not be a simple reaction to changing social mores. In 1970 the Census changed its black category from "Negro" to "Negro or Black." The Federal Government sent a form to every U.S. household and effectively said, We have a new way of thinking about this particular group of people. Census categories reflect perceptions. But they also forge them...
...Still, some observers are skeptical that Ilitch has the stamina and gravitas to endure a grueling political race. Apart from being on the Bing transition team, Ilitch has little political experience (she was also elected to the University of Michigan's board of regents), and her views on many social and political issues are largely unknown. In recent days, local news reports have presented her as the Obama Administration's preferred candidate, but she has reportedly donated money in the past to Republicans as well as Democratic causes and candidates. Fundraising is expected to be tricky in the current economic...
...allies insist that they are simply responding to a 2007 European Union directive that requires individual countries to set up new media regulations. "The decree does not intend to censor the right to information online, nor to limit the possibility of expressing your ideas and opinions via blogs and social networks," Italy's Vice Minister of Communications, Paolo Romani, said in a statement...