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...pretty much all there in the subtitle. Conley, a New York University sociologist, asks why middle- to upper-class professionals who were once able to put in a full day's work at the office, enjoy their leisure time, save up for a house and retire well now find themselves working more for seemingly less. There's a new class of Americans in town, says Conley. "Changes in three areas - the economy, the family and technology - have combined to alter the social world and give birth to this new type of American professional. This new breed - the intravidual - has multiple...
...increasing dominance of work in the lives of Conley and his friends and family: "Leisure? The 'good life'? What are those? Work is the central aspect of our lives. We are lucky that it is fulfilling work - work that we will probably continue to do until we are no longer capable - but it is, unlike that of my parents, all-consuming work. There is always an email to answer, a paper or memo to read, and a lecture to give or receive. Success in today's professional world doesn't mean retiring at fifty to play golf in Florida...
...personal life and one’s campus.”Many attendees said they responded to McKibben’s passionate call to action.“I thought the talk was wonderful, compelling, necessary, and in no way apocalyptic,” said Kirkland House Master Tom Conley. “We have to bet that these will be the consequences if we do nothing. There is no good reason not to act.”Listeners at McKibben’s talk at the Divinity School yesterday afternoon said the gravity of the situation inspired them...
...senior class coordinator at the Harvard Alumni Association. House masters and House committee leaders cited House pride and communicative ability when asked about many of the representatives’ qualifications. “She’s a House patriot,” Kirkland House Master Tom C. Conley said of the House’s representative, Jennifer S. Love ’09. Conley added that Love is a “communicator,” “immensely collegial,” and “a very proactive member of the HoCo.” Dunster...
...enforcement officials. "It keeps them close," she says. Their presence certainly deters would-be looters. Indeed, fear of looting remains a concern. Many parishes imposed aggressive dusk-till-dawn curfews. As for the fear of levee breaches, nothing significant occurred. "So far so good," said FEMA spokesman Ed Conley...