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Mascali said he personally knows a lot of people who have been hurt and frustrated by the campaign, especially in their target of “elective” abortions, which he feels only furthers the stigma against the practice...
...walk with you or set up a departure time beforehand. Otherwise, try to be aware of the time so you can make it back to your room before dark. DEFENSE: 1. If a potential attacker approaches you but has not yet touched you, make yourself into an unappealing target. Assuming a defensive stance may make the offender more likely to back off. Stand with your legs shoulder width apart, hands in front of you, and palms spread. Tell the attacker that you don’t want any trouble. If he or she still approaches, use your palm to strike...
...school’s alumni and campus events. The acquisition contradicts earlier reports about the magazine’s future. Last month, WWD.com reported that the magazine was on the verge of being bought out by Sandow Media, a company whose publications, such as the money magazine Worth, generally target wealthy audiences. Tom Allon, the chief executive of Manhattan Media, said that his company intends to “continue building on the direction that the magazine has been taking.” “It’s a fine publication,” he said...
...supporting role. Her fans laud her for refusing to subsume her identity to her husband's political ambitions. Her critics - and there have been many - accuse her of endangering the electoral chances of the left-leaning party she's championed all her life. Nope, not Hillary Clinton. The target of these barbs is Clinton's one-time counterpart from across the Atlantic, Cherie Blair: wife of Tony, mother of four, human rights lawyer, and, it now emerges, astonishingly frank autobiographer. Her book, Speaking for Myself, appears on May 15. Perceptions of life behind the shiny black door of 10 Downing...
...mentioned that Brown's "big ideas" do not all play well at home. Since becoming Chancellor in 1997, he has had many ideas and made many pronouncements, a large percentage of which came to nothing or missed their target. Let us see how many of Brown's ideas for the reform of the U.N., NATO, the IMF and the World Bank he personally drives forward into positive changes. Time will tell. In many instances, the best that can be said of our Prime Minister is that there is a lot of talk and very little action. Alan F. Smith, North...