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...under the bathroom counter whenever the doorbell rang." Pala wants to return to work when her daughter is in school, and she desperately hopes she won't be penalized for her years at home. "I have a feeling that I'll have to start lower on the totem pole than where I left," she says. "It seems unfair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case For Staying Home | 3/22/2004 | See Source »

...Canada's Pacific coastal woodlands and its native tribes in a swelling, Expressionist style. For much of that time, Carr was scorned not only as a woman determined to paint but also as one who ventured into the wilderness to do it. Worse, her most beloved motif was the totem pole, a subject that deeply offended the white folk of British Columbia, who were eager to forget whatever vestiges of native culture they could not obliterate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Worth 1,000 Words? | 2/23/2004 | See Source »

...reduces us lower down the totem pole, farther away from the people who make decisions within the company,” he said...

Author: By Michael M. Grynbaum, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Magazine Staffer Scrutinizes Media | 2/6/2004 | See Source »

Witness a so-called “baseball exorcism” as area artists construct a totem in honor of Babe Ruth. They hope to combat the long-standing curse and lead the Boston Red Sox to a World Series victory in 2004. 5 p.m. free. Zeitgeist Gallery, 1535 Cambridge St., Inman Square...

Author: By Crimson Staff, | Title: Listings, Oct. 10-16 | 10/10/2003 | See Source »

...didn’t feel like I had to be a leader,” Chu said. “I felt like I was at the bottom of the totem pole...

Author: By David Weinfeld, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Female Rookie of the Year: Chu's Your Own Olympian | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

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