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...increasingly structured, meritocratic society. We don’t rebel; rather, we set goals and obsess about achievement. We don’t do things (like join groups) as an end in and of themselves, but as a means to some future end. We nearly kill ourselves to succeed. Brooks’ is a particularly useful rubric because it encapsulates or explains many of the other criticisms of our generation (such as that we’re too career-focused, or overcommitted). For his part, Brooks likes the Organization Kid a great deal, saying that we’re interesting...
...awful outcome, but that prospect is looming and time is running out. If we continue to stumble along our stubborn path, any exit strategy we could then design would be particularly treacherous. If we seize this last chance and do our best to make it work we might succeed. If we failed, we would then still be better off navigating withdrawal and coping with its aftermath, perhaps with more respect and resiliency to work with both abroad and at home...
...rationale for a Women’s Center perpetuates exactly those stereotypes women’s groups should be fighting: that women inherently need relatively more encouragement and resources from Harvard in order to feel welcome and to succeed here. The Women’s Center, according to the proposal, would consist of “a large meeting room and resource center;” however, there is no comparable space devoted to men and issues of men’s concern anywhere on campus...
...their hips, thighs and derriere. (Men tend not to suffer from this perceived problem because their thicker skin does a better job of covering fat.) Women have resorted to surgery, massage, potions, pills and creams to smooth their skin, resulting in temporary relief at best. So can clothing succeed where more extreme efforts have failed...
...jobs lost by 2005, or 66% more than earlier projected. Other professions are not immune. About 20,000 legal jobs are expected to move abroad by 2005, a 41% jump over the previous estimate. McCarthy says he does not believe that state and federal proposals to restrict outsourcing will succeed. But companies may eventually be required to report offshoring to the Department of Labor, as they now do factory layoffs...