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Friday, October 17, 2008 9:58 AM

The yellow jacket as symbol of a woman scorned

The first day the cameras focused on the angry and tearful women in their smart uniforms, I remarked to a colleague that the yellow jacket was about to become a symbol. Of dreams deferred, hopes dashed, an industry knocked down, of the worst yet to come...
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Friday, October 17, 2008 6:40 AM

In these fast times

So I am sure you all want to know? Did I or didn't I? (Check out today's column to see what I am talking about.) As of noon, neither my husband nor I have had anything to eat. But we promised to call the other if we do. So it's a sort-of-fast...
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Monday, September 15, 2008 8:54 PM

Supermom, sexy or sexist?

There's a debate waging over Sarah Palin on another blog run by an organization with which I am quite familiar, or at least used to be. One reader posted my last week's column comparing Palin to India's own Mayawati, which triggered this comment...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008 6:54 AM

Should the company pay for your kids' travel?

I've been watching the coverage of Sarah Palin, the vice-presidential nominee on the Republican ticket in the US, with great interest. Overnight, she has become America's most famous working mom, giving birth while in office (I mean, literally...
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Friday, September 05, 2008 5:01 PM

How a kid's birthdays affects work

I had today off. But I feel like I've worked like a dog. Any working mom will know why when I tell you that my daughter's turning 4 tomorrow. That means there are cakes to be ordered, return gifts to hunt down (why oh why do we do those?), menus...
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Monday, September 01, 2008 8:29 PM

Women@work, how's India's girl power?

I read this article in The New York Times and wanted to see what readers thought about the author's theory applied to the Indian education system and workplace. Freelance journalist Hannah Seligson writes about how after a lifetime of excelling in...
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