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Another fact unknown to most corporations: minority women feel a powerful need to give back to their community, says Hewlett. That leads so many of them--fully one-third of survey respondents--to take on social-outreach activities. The more hours they put in on the job, the more time they devote to volunteerism. Many take on leadership roles in their volunteer work, learning and honing skills that translate directly back to their jobs. But they downplay or even hide their volunteerism, sensing tacit disapproval from bosses. "It's not the opera or a charity, which the corporate world recognizes...
...none.” “The difficulty for Andre is not that he’s Republican,” says Winters, editor of the online Cambridge Civic Journal. “It’s that he’s a first-time candidate and relatively unknown.”Newcomers to Cambridge politics face an uphill battle, especially against incumbents. Nine council incumbents ran for re-election in 2003; all nine won.Winter predicts a similar result this year.“The probable outcome is that all the incumbents will be returned...
...wasn’t until watching the video for “Stay Fly,” the single from their newest album “Most Known Unknown,” that my fears about them coming into my room at night and flashing their scary gold teeth at me were allayed. Apparently, they just want to “stay...
...across the board - but leave the pillars of Western civilization alone. They survived Hitler and a thousand would-be tyrants before him; trust them to survive the latest wave of murdering nihilists. These principles cannot easily be destroyed from outside, but they can be timidly surrendered, with consequences yet unknown. It's fair to assume politicians believe that they are acting in Australia's best interests, and that they need to act quickly. But the war against terror will be a marathon struggle, and it doesn't much matter if they were slow off the mark. The country's leaders...
...issues. In killing her nomination, conservative Republicans effectively missed the point. They were clearly looking for a predictable right-leaner, not necessarily a talented scholar of constitutional law. Bush’s mistake was in failing to choose someone who fulfilled the first attribute while also nominating someone of unknown judicial expertise. Harriet Miers might have still been confirmed had she consistently demonstrated a high level of constitutional acumen. This was how, despite a relatively thin paper trail and his refusal to state explicitly his positions on certain constitutional issues, former deputy Solicitor General John G. Roberts survived his nomination...