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...that women tend to take a hardheaded look at how their lives are unfolding and where they want to be 10 or 20 years down the road, when they are more than twice as likely as men to be living alone. And when women weigh their prospects, says Elaine Wethington, a Cornell University sociologist who specializes in midlife, they are "more likely to talk about growth, making the best...
...women age 50 plus said they feel happier about getting older than they thought they would. There is a kind of virtuous cycle created when women feel more confident about their coping skills. "They are better at coming to grips with problems because they believe that they can," says Wethington. "And solving problems then feeds back and gives you a sense of mastery of life...
...basic institutions are barely in place. There is still no retail bank in Iraq. No taxes have been collected. Even the normally upbeat U.S. officials admit that the prediction of foreign businesses storming the gates was off the mark. "People are afraid to set foot in here," says Olin Wethington, deputy director of economic policy for the coalition and the top U.S. Treasury official in Iraq. Rather than open offices in Baghdad, companies have dispatched small reconnaissance missions. "They're scoping out opportunities, anticipating that sometime the security situation is going to die down," says Wethington, who--like the rest...
...encouraged by the court's acknowledgment that the initial eligibility standards...serve a legitimate educational goal," said Charles Wethington, president at Kentucky and head of the NCAA's executive committee...
...meantime, "The Jorie Hill Von Ohlen Liver Transplant Fund" at a Geneva, Ill, bank stands at $50,000. "The Brett Wethington Fund" has collected $40,000, from town rummage and bake sales, hair-cut-a-thons, pet shows, pancake breakfasts and anonymous donors. Fortunately, according to their mothers, Brett's disease has not yet progressed too far, and Jorie remains in stable condition. She is among the top five on a waiting list at the University of Pittsburgh. Unlike the Minnesota hospital, Pittsburgh's Health Center has told Hill that, when the time comes, only medical and not financial considerations...