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Viewers' horror and repulsion may hide a perverse envy. The cult of pregnancy today requires a lot of self-denial. Women are advised to avoid alcohol and cigarettes as well as deli meat, sushi, coffee and a million other pleasures. But the women of I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant didn't deny themselves anything during those nine months, had few if any symptoms and still wound up with perfect-looking babies! (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...
...autonomous workers as productive? I think that most people will perform better under conditions of autonomy than they do under conditions of heavy control. What I would recommend for companies today is to [set aside] 10% time - essentially, one afternoon a week where employees can work on anything they want, and you do it for six months. Everybody I know, including myself, has squandered one afternoon a week...
...It’s a cumbersome process,” said Councillor Henrietta Davis, who placed third in today's vote. “We’re working at it even though it’s a potentially contentious issue...
Criticizing Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman's threat to join a health care filibuster, in USA Today...
Hundreds of years ago, Icelanders entertained one another with Viking sagas - epic, blood-curdling tales about the raiding and pillaging of foreign lands. Today, there are new sagas being told on the craggy island about the greedy attempts by two foreign powers, Britain and the Netherlands, to pry every last krona from Iceland's shattered economy in order to repay debts incurred during the financial meltdown. The rift that's developing between Iceland and its European neighbors is threatening to leave the island isolated - and could even destroy its hopes of finally joining the European Union...