Word: extras
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...that charges of reverse discrimination seem to have so much instant credibility? The Crimson staff falls victim to the mentality that anything that appears to give women an extra advantage must be sexist. However, as the staff admits, there is a dramatic imbalance between prizes open to men and women. The amount of inequality embodied in the Fay Prize simply doesn't measure up to the multitude of male-only prizes...
...with good reason. The last time humanity celebrated a new century there were 1.6 billion people here for the party--or a quarter as many as this time. In 1900 the average life expectancy was, in some places, as low as 23 years; now it's 65, meaning the extra billions are staying around longer and demanding more from the planet. The 130 million or so births registered annually--even after subtracting the 52 million deaths--is still the equivalent of adding nearly one new Germany to the world's population each year...
...unusual for TIME to give readers a bonus--an extra issue on top of our regular weekly publication. But this Earth Day 2000 edition is more special than most. It is the first global special edition--the first published by every one of our regional magazines around the world. And what topic could be more deserving of global treatment? When it comes to the environment, we're all in this together. No nation alone can defeat global warming or clean up the atmosphere and oceans...
...thirteen rules of "Extra Salaries and Teaching, Research or Administrative Obligations of Holders of Academic Appointments" stretch across just over two pages, without much explanation...
Waiting for my results, feeling especially insecure, I called my masculinity mentor, Adam Carolla, the host of Comedy Central's The Man Show. "I'm guessing you're a little light," Carolla said. He suggested that I sign up for the AndroGel now. "A little extra aggression, a couple of extra inches on the biceps, a little body hair could help you," he said. When I mentioned my concern about taking unprescribed medication, Carolla suggested that I just eat a lot of beef jerky. "I believe there is a lot of testosterone in jerky. That would be the most logical...