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...exclusive grandes écoles. These polytechnic, administrative and business graduate schools not only hone the intellectual mettle of the students they accept but also help them create the networks they'll need to rise to the highest circles of power. The problem is that the seats at these schools tend to go to the children of the élite, ensuring that power stays in the upper class - even in the same families - from generation to generation. (Read "Education Abroad: Breaking the Bachot...
...haven't encountered many. Translations of foreign-language works make up a mere 3% to 5% of the books published in the U.S. annually, and that includes new editions of classics like Anna Karenina. Except for a few recent breakouts - Roberto Bolaņo, Stieg Larsson, Per Petterson - translated authors tend to deliver anemic sales, which makes mainstream American publishers loath to gamble on them. And Bolaņo and Larsson were dead (both prematurely, at the age of 50) by the time their books hit big in the States. This is not a great incentive to break into the marketplace...
...sensation during the campaign. But he is also a 30-year veteran of the Massachusetts Army National Guard, and his service figured prominently in his campaign. He won his first election as a local tax assessor in 1992 and was elected to the state senate in 2004. His politics tend to be standard conservative on issues like taxes and guns, but he supports Roe v. Wade and in 2007 earned a 100% rating from the Massachusetts Audubon Society...
...York University. "High-income women marrying high-income men is one of the drivers of inequality," he says. "It affects the distribution of income between families." He notes that among college-educated high-income couples, the divorce rate is getting lower, while unmarried low-income men and women tend to partner up and then uncouple more rapidly. "This leads to family instability and a cycle of disadvantage," says Conley. Single parents often have trouble moving ahead in their careers, while low-earning parents have little income to save or invest. They fall further behind, while the families with two college...
That helps explain why some consumers are hedging their bets by hopping on a NeuroActive Brain Bike. The $4,000 machine debuted a year ago at Lady of America fitness centers, where members - who tend to be older than the average gym rat - quickly fell for the cardio-cognitive combo. "Instead of mindlessly watching TV" while pedaling, says Gerry Weber, CEO of Lady of America, which has 300 women's-fitness franchises worldwide, "they're able to exercise their brain at the same time...