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...Virgin Mary. Her sleeping father's arm is wrapped around her, but his affections are probably a mixed blessing. At the center of the picture is the face of a girl literally hemmed in by a world she seems appalled to have realized is hers. She gazes upward from the debris with an expression somewhere between foreboding and resignation...
...denied firing her because of the pregnancy and said the discharge was the result of a company reorganization. However the courts decide, Breloh is part of a growing group of women who feel that German business routinely discriminates against them in management jobs by maintaining a barrier to upward mobility, or glass ceiling. Last year German female executives held just 9.2% of management jobs, according to Hoppenstedt, an economic publisher. In contrast, the International Labor Organization notes that in the U.S., the percentage is 43%, in Britain 33%, in Switzerland...
...Upward-facing lamps increase hope and upward drive...
...Friday's sell-off, prompted by the latest inflation figures and fears of interest rate hikes, may have forced traders to begin a more stringent selection process. It's increasingly difficult to predict an upward drift in whole sectors, and the strategy of hedging Dow investments against NASDAQ buys came unstuck Friday when they dived in concert. Still, it's a safe bet that somethinghas to go up, since Friday's sell-off has sent hundreds of billions of dollars roaming in search of new homes. Whether it be bonds or utilities or safer tech stocks or safer blue chips...
Watch for Crimson sailing to continue their upward climb in the national collegiate sailing rankings. The coed team is currently ranking third, behind St. Mary...