Word: uncertainities
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...can’t know for certain if people will perceive me as a man. By donning this dubious man-costume, I’ll only be able to examine how a woman who already dresses androgynously is treated differently from a person whose gender identity is deliberately uncertain. I also wonder how Asian-American stereotypes will factor into this experiment. After all, Asian-American men chronically suffer from stereotypes depicting them as fey, wily, perverted bantamweights—will this make my attempt at passing any easier? What happens when a butchy Chinese dyke dresses up as a butchy...
Altough I imagine few Harvard students’ career searches have been quite as harrowing as mine has been (and I happen to believe that grocery bagging isn’t even a career, strictly speaking), in this uncertain economy concern about postgraduate plans seems to be nearly universal. Dining hall conversations revolve around summer internships; house résume workshops are thronged with anxious would-be investment bankers. We half-expect—and many of our parents fully expect—that we will find lucrative employment upon graduation, but the plum jobs that seemed...
...carbon tax of as little as $4 a ton would be enough to turn the tide of energy investment. Other measures—including investment in public transportation, research into alternative fuels and the like—also deserve attention, but are either much longer term or have uncertain results. Immediate changes in the vehicle fleet and power generation should be the top priority...
Biotech firm Chiron has grown briskly in recent years, with last year's revenue up 14% over 2001's, to $1.3 billion. Yet its future looks uncertain; few of its new drugs are close to reaching market. So the firm, based in Emeryville, Calif., has made Pien, 45, its new CEO. Born in China and reared in the Bronx, Pien has run GlaxoSmithKline's international operations for two years and is expected to help Chiron extend its global reach. Analysts say his toughest task will be building up the product pipeline...
...succeed in its self-appointed role as a kind of regional point man for Washington will probably be determined by many factors beyond Turkey's control, not least what happens next on the uncertain road to peace between Israel and Palestine...