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...regular contraceptive pill is not, and has never been, available over-the-counter (OTC) in any American pharmacy. In order to get hold of “The Pill,” a woman must first see a doctor, who will politely grill her on her sexual history, suggest strongly that she have a pair of tongs stuck up her vagina for a pap smear, and send her on her merry way with a renewable prescription for control over her own body...
...recounted a story of how impossible it was to arrange to have coffee with another professor, noting that it was “unfashionable” to admit to being free tomorrow afternoon. Instead, the other professor was apt to pull out the BlackBerry and suggest a date several months into the future, projecting a busy façade regardless of his or her actual schedule. This anecdote has proven strikingly apropos in more situations than I would care to admit...
...cruel and spiteful. It is perhaps not surprising, then, that students with few remembered joys or warm feelings of acceptance are tempted to unleash malice upon those around them. The cowardly methods of attack that such law school students have chosen—crude and anonymous—suggest the fumblings of an amnesiac to fill the void memory has left...
...this stress on the dignity of service industry labor that supporters of the campaign to redefine McJob like to emphasize: "Service sector employees ... should be respected and valued, not written off," said Sir Digby Jones, former chief of the Confederation of British Industry. Skeptics suggest that the language used to describe such jobs will change when the conditions and prospects associated with those jobs change. But whether the Oxford English Dictionary changes its definition of McJob may depend on the outcome of this summer's word...
...with the PPP, with a small tinge of regret. But Chaudhry is no candidate. Instead he is a symbol of political change in a nation whose patience with its military dictatorship is growing increasingly thin - and he poses an even greater risk to the current government. Analysts in Pakistan suggest that Musharraf's principal motive in suspending Chaudhry may have stemmed from fears that the increasingly independent Chief Justice would obstruct his bid for another term in office, questioning the constitutionality of his dual role as President and army chief. Musharraf has said that he will seek reelection...