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...that could--though it's theoretical at this point--lead to powerful new treatments for infertility and perhaps even for staving off menopause. "If it's true," says Roger Gosden, scientific director of the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine in Norfolk, Va., "it's as big a paradigm shift in ovarian biology as Dolly and cloning were for embryology...
...Vera Orozco, the nanny, arrives to begin her 10 1/2-hour shift at the Nevinses'. Cheryl, a labor lawyer for the Chicago board of education, hands over the baby and checks her e-mail from the kitchen table. "I almost feel apprehensive if I leave for work without logging on," she confesses. Between messages, she helps Ryan pull blue Play-Doh from a container, then briefs Orozco on the morning's events: "They woke up early. Ryan had his poop this morning, this guy has not." Throughout the day, Orozco...
...years ago, it all seemed so doable. Bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan, split the second shift with some sensitive New Age man. But slowly the snappy, upbeat work-life rhythm has changed for women in high-powered posts like Nevins. The U.S. workweek still averages around 34 hours, thanks in part to a sluggish manufacturing sector. But for those in financial services, it's 55 hours; for top executives in big corporations, it's 60 to 70, says Catalyst, a research and consulting group that focuses on women in business. For dual-career couples with...
First the merits: The Spanish electorate did indeed switch its support from the Popular Party to the Socialists in the wake of the bombing, precipitating a shift in Spain’s Iraqi policy. Conservatives are right to point out that al Qaeda will likely view the Spanish elections as a major coup, a successful intervention into the domestic politics of a western democracy. This success could well invigorate and energize al Qaeda, and even encourage similar acts in the future...
Furthermore, Zapatero’s position on Iraq hardly marks a dramatic shift in Spanish policy, a point that has received surprisingly little attention in the press. Zapatero’s pledge to remove Spain’s 1,300 troops—which constitute less than 1 percent of the total Iraqi occupation force—by the end of June, failing a United Nations mandate, certainly didn’t win him any friends in the Bush administration. But the UN is quite likely to issue a mandate, making the chances of a Spanish withdrawal slim...