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...which they contribute and from which they can draw loans. In New York City the 2,500-member Korean Produce Association has the clout to buy good produce at favorable prices. But few greengrocers are truly prosperous. They put their entire families to work at low, if any, wages, toil incredibly long hours and still average between $17,000 and $35,000 in annual profits per family. Leaders in both communities have worked to bridge differences. "We should help each other," says Park Won Chan, wholesaler for a Flatbush grocery. Adds Jong H. Chai, manager of a nearby fruit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Blacks and Koreans Clash | 5/28/1990 | See Source »

...comments on how we "toil in an all-female environment," Wellesley provides a pretty clear description in its brochures--we all knew it was an all-women's college when we applied...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wellesley Unfairly Stereotyped | 3/12/1990 | See Source »

...large crowd heading for Boston and Cambridge reveals some of the social pressures that accompany going to a single-sex school. During the week Wellesley students toil in an all-female environment and find it difficult to fit in the 40 minute ride to Harvard. The commuting difficulties divides work and weekends, they...

Author: By Rebecca A. Jeschke, | Title: Enduring a Boring Trip For City's Excitement | 2/26/1990 | See Source »

Hollywood wants to paint an anecdote on a $40 million canvas. The Brits, in their strapped-for-quid, post-David Lean days, toil to see how many angels can dance on the head of a penny. For perhaps a tenth of Black Rain's budget, Queen of Hearts lays out a beguiling panorama of romance and revenge, coming of age and coming to terms. Oh, and the niftiest talking pig since Porky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Pigstruck | 10/2/1989 | See Source »

...fact, is so gloomy, at least for two-career couples who are trying to raise children, that the information should be withheld from the young, or the race may not reproduce. It may not anyway, since the two-career marriage means the certain end of weekday sex, and toil-sharing men are known to be subject to Saturday-night headaches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: The Myth of Male Housework | 8/7/1989 | See Source »

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