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...woman scientist until she entered graduate school. Yesterday, Urry said she was excited just sitting at the same table as the other four pioneers. “These women...were incredibly important role models,” Urry said. Wolff said the lack of role models limited substantial upward mobility in their careers. “We were happy, in my generation, just to be allowed to play in the same game [as men],” Wolff said. Despite the obstacles, the panelists said they maintained a child-like passion for understanding the stars. E. Margaret Burbidge, a former...
...once black and Muslim and Arab newcomers arrive, they are officially French and do not need special treatment to guarantee their equality. While in theory the children of immigrants have the same rights as their white counterparts, many suffer persistent discrimination when it comes to jobs, decent housing and upward mobility. They have virtually no political leaders--just one current Cabinet minister is Algerian-born--to carry their interests into the halls of power. Many of France's estimated 5 million Muslims feel the country has promised more than it has delivered. Not surprisingly, despair and anger run deep...
...good news is that as the price of crude has headed steadily upward, technological innovation has driven down the cost of alternative energy sources. Wind farms cover hillsides near Palm Springs and Altamont Pass in California and are springing up in the breezy Midwest and on the Atlantic Coast too. Solar cells can churn out electricity at around 25 to 35 per kilowatt-hour, falling but still a multiple of the cost of energy from coal-fired power plants. Canada is extracting oil from the tar sands of Alberta for an amazingly efficient price...
...told that the recruiting over the summer went very well,” Summers said, “so that upward trend is likely to continue...
...Miller believes that the fall has already begun. Even Hurricane Rita, which in late September threatened further devastation to American refineries, failed to drive oil prices close to the post-Katrina high of $70.85?a sign, in his view, that the upward momentum has run out of gas. Miller also points out that oil's rise has been driven by trend-following hedge funds and traders piling into whatever is hot. With the oil price slipping, "that speculative money flow will reverse," as they bet instead that it will keep dropping...