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...exceptional? Less than one might think. There is increasing evidence that women are doing better at adapting to new challenges in the world of work. If more are being hired and promoted, it is not just to meet affirmative- action goals or avoid discrimination suits. In increasing instances, they surpass men in the attitudes and abilities employers are looking for. This can be seen early in high school, where girls get better grades. "We listened more carefully to the teachers' assignments," Carol recalls, "while the guys thought they knew it all." The upshot is that more women are accepted...
Harvard's 368 scholars far surpass the number two University of Texas at Austin, which has 221. Rice University came in at third with 214 and Texas A&M University and the University of Oklahoma finished out the top five with 194 and 178, respectively...
...such an argument. The same contingent that passed Gingerich's National Security Revitalization Act, which was supposed to produce a $1 billion budget cut by subtracting that amount from U.S. support of the United Nations, has now voted to uphold spending in our own military that would far surpass this gain in savings. By scapegoating international peacekeeping, the senate justifies SDI. Yet global policing has never cost us a fraction of our national defense initiatives...
...course, is the best meal of the day, especially if it's the last one--a phenomenon not uncommon around this time of year. And we're not just talking about dining halls here, though the oatmeal and cream of wheat are absolutely delectable. Various alternatives exist that surpass whatever is offered on the plastic trays, depending on what you order...
Firearms violence has reached epidemic proportions. An American child is killed by a gun every two hours. An estimated 100,000 students carry a gun to school each day. It is expected that by the year 2003 the annual number of deaths from firearms in the U.S. will surpass the number of people killed in motor-vehicle accidents, thus becoming the leading cause of injury-related deaths. Oklahoma's bombing can provide what educators call a "teachable moment'' -- and just because a vital lesson appears to have escaped Bob Dole doesn't mean others can't learn. Outlawing all guns...