Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Loose, a sort of slapdash anthropology of real-life dating women on both coasts. The book was meant to show that not every woman is marriage hungry, that singledom can amount to a grand old time in its own right. Recent months have also brought three books by conservative social critics, notably Wendy Shalit, arguing that no, professional pursuit and sexual gallivanting aren't good for women at all. In fact, such endeavors leave women flummoxed, dissatisfied and dead--if not in a literal Looking for Mr. Goodbar sense, then at least in a metaphoric...
...many young people, the new frontier has been liberating. As a university student, photojournalist Kim Woo Kyoung fantasized about becoming a taxi driver just to have a chance to drive around and meet ordinary people, but he felt social pressure to stick to a narrow range of "respectable" career choices. Recently Kim left a large television network to set up his own media company. Says Kim: "IMF has broken down the university-credential wall...
...anguish for countless others as well. Suicide, alcoholism, divorce and crime have jumped nationwide in the past year. Shelters for out-of-work businessmen have sprouted in Seoul and other cities. In a country in which corporations traditionally provided the welfare system, the government is trying to build a social safety net from scratch. This year spending on job training and support for the unemployed is expected to rise 39.8% and 34.8%, to $1 billion and $5 billion, respectively. But it is not clear how long the government can contain the resentment of those who don't have the skills...
...easiest and most complete software package available--ideal for beginners. With more than 2 million in sales, it's also the industry leader. The 15-CD package includes a Family Finder index on three CDs, with information on more than 200 million people; two more CDs listing Social Security death-benefits records; five volumes of actual family trees for tens of thousands of families; and an international marriage-records index for more than 1 million couples--and more. The interface is intuitive and easy to learn, and the templates will simplify a daunting organizational task. In late March, Broderbund launched...
...ANCESTRY.COM www.ancestry.com Links aplenty, including the Social Security Death Index, which has more than 60 million death-benefit-payment records...