Froma Harrop
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Probing intentions in the cyber-fogMar 28, 2013 10:54 am - Two Ohio girls stand accused of saying vile, menacing things on Twitter — seriously accused. The high-schoolers, ages 15 and 16, were arrested and face a possible six mo...
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Comforting words for young workersMar 21, 2013 8:48 am - Many speak of Gen X and Gen Y as “lost generations” destined to “not live as well” as their parents. A new Urban Institute study finds that young people up to the age of...
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The silliness of demographic panicMar 15, 2013 5:00 am - If you drove to work today, did you worry about too few cars on the road? Do you wish more people were waiting in line at the public tennis courts? Are you eager to see ...
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Harvard profs steamed at opened emailsMar 13, 2013 5:00 am - “Harvard Search of Email Stuns Its Faculty Members,” the headline says. University officials rifled through the messages of resident deans to learn who passed on a confi...
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Some taxes up, and the sky’s still thereMar 10, 2013 4:00 am - “Most of the media is so sold out to Obama that they’re missing the obvious,” Jim DeMint said on Fox News. “The policies the president has in place, especially the tax i...
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How to live long is everybody’s guessMar 04, 2013 4:00 am - The latest dispatch from the food wars: For those at high risk of heart disease, following the Mediterranean diet results in 30 percent fewer heart attacks and strokes. ...
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Price-gouging in ‘free market’ medicineFeb 28, 2013 4:00 am - When folks pan the Affordable Care Act for being nearly 3,000 pages long, here’s a sensible response: It could have been done in a page and a half if it simply declared ...
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No, we don’t all sin like Mark SanfordFeb 25, 2013 4:00 am - Most of us do bad things. We betray friends, make hurtful remarks, lie. Often an apology will suffice in restoring trust and respect. But some very successful people eng...
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Amazon rules the sales-tax jungleFeb 22, 2013 4:00 am - SEATTLE — Lunch hour in the South Lake Union neighborhood. Workers walk dogs they can take to the office. Lines form in hip restaurants. Something big is going on here, ...
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Republicans plagued by good newsFeb 18, 2013 4:00 am - MEDFORD, Ore. — “Obama says he’s going to make middle-class jobs,” the breakfast room troubadour bellowed at the Holiday Inn Express to those who wanted to listen — and ...