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| Cohabitation before marriage risky | The U.S. divorce rate has held steady at 45 percent since 1981. Jay Teachman, a sociology professor at Western Washington University, said age (older than 26) and education (a bachelor's degree) are far more important predictors of marital success than cohabitation, which he believes… |
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| ²ÝÁñÉçÇø's Ira Hyman to present Turning Points lecture on 'inattentional blindness' Oct. 20 | |||
| Women bankers and the glass ceiling | Others claim that women think that they want to focus on their career, but in reality choose family over career. |
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| Candidate endorsements don't always have intended effect | A Western Washington University political scientist has looked at the ways voters sort through initiatives and believes endorsements are important cues. In fact, says Todd Donovan, voters do what legislators do when they are faced with a large number of complex decisions – they seek shortcuts… |
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| Women's divorce 'cur$e' | It's the money, honey. |
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| High-earning wives 'are more likely to end up divorced' | The American researchers studied the marriages and income of more than 2,500 women who married for the first time between 1979 and 2002. They found that those women who consistently made more money than their husbands were up to 38 per cent more likely to divorce than others. ´³²¹²â… |
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| Knute Skinner has three poems published | |||
| Money pours into initiative campaigns | The soda industry has become aggressive in fighting any new tax around the country as legislatures and Congress looks for new sources of money to balance budgets, Todd Donovan, political science professor at Western Washington University, said. “They’ve got a target on their backs because you… |
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| Artist profile: Bryan Forsloff | Smooth-jazz guitarist Bryan Forsloff, 47, has been performing regularly at the Hotel Bellwether's Harborside Bistro for several years. He's recently released his new CD, "The Final Touch," which features local musicians Bill MacDonough, Mark Kelly, Tom Anastasio, Mike Black… |
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| Minnesota pushes back at partisan extremes | Academic researchers say there are too many other factors -- money and media being the chief ones -- to say whether such changes would temper the ideological fervor that has defined this election season. But either way, they expect to see proposals similar to ranked choice voting and Proposition… |