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...first female CEO of a Fortune 20 company, was named the most powerful woman in business by Fortune magazine in every year from 1998 through 2003. However, Fiorina criticized this list of powerful women in business yesterday, comparing it to separate rankings for male and female tennis players that suggest that “women can’t play in the same league as the big boys.” Fiorina herself has made a point of showing that she can play with the big boys throughout her career. She told a story about making a presentation before...
...Like other PLoS journals, authors will be assessed a fee in order to publish, but any paper will receive only cursory scrutiny for technical quality before it appears for open discussion by the online community.Not everyone has been enthusiastic about such a visionary opportunity for scientific innovation, however. Critics suggest that this system allows the rabble to promote “junk science” and argue that scientists will have to wade through a hundred worthless papers to find only one Nobel Prize-winning gem. They also claim that rogue scientists could praise and criticize research in an unfair...
...polls at the moment would suggest that voters in Ohio agree. Unless something happens to change the dynamic between now and election day, the state that in 2004 handed George W. Bush the electoral votes he need to win a second term could be a complete washout for his party this year. The Foley scandal, says Franklin County Republican Chairman Doug Preisse, is "one more pebble in a balance that was already weighted heavily against us." Even before it broke, Ohio's Republicans were facing a stiff headwind from a struggling economy, a G.O.P. scandal in the statehouse and increasing...
...Studies suggest that nighttime driving is particularly dangerous for teens, and curfews are urged. "Most accidents involving teens occur before midnight," says Susan Ferguson, senior vice president of research for the IIHS. "So the smartest laws go into effect earlier." But last year nine states introduced measures to rein in teens' nighttime driving privileges, and only one--Nevada--passed such a law. "A lot of adults think, I used to drive at night with my friends, so what's the harm?" says Judith Lee Stone, president of the nonpartisan Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety in Washington. "It's hard...
Meanwhile, back in our interview, I offer a slightly barbed olive branch: Maybe I'm asking for too much when I expect him to be bold on the issues, I suggest. Maybe my expectations for him are too high? "No, no," he says, and returns for a third time to energy policy--to Gore's tax-swap idea. "It's a neat idea. I'm going to call Gore and have a conversation about it. It might be something I'd want to embrace...