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Rumors of Our Progress Have Been Greatly Exaggerated: Why Women's Lives Aren't Getting Any Easier--And How We Can Make Real Progress For Ourselves and Our Daughters
    As a young woman, Democratic Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney asked her grandmother for career advice. She was shocked by the reply: "Get married "    Though much has changed for women since then, more has remained the same. On a January night in 2008, Maloney and her daughter attended a Hillary Clinton rally in New Hampshire. Some men in the audience held "Iron My Shirt" posters aloft. This small incident provoked outrage, but it provided an important peephole onto larger problems that women face today.     In her groundbreaking book, Rumors of Our Progress Have Been Greatly Exaggerated, Congresswoman Maloney shatters the myths about how far we've come, highlighting how women’s issues permeate every realm of society, and how political change has provided only a fraction of a solution.      The former cochair of the Women’s Caucus, Maloney has access to a wealth of cutting-edge research that helps her illuminate how far behind we still fall on gender equality in issues from health care to educational opportunities, from poverty to reproductive freedom. It’s a fact that women are working harder than ever, but they're still only paid three-quarters the salary of their male counterparts. She weaves this vital information with gripping stories of real women, making clear that she’s not taking some abstract political position. She’s talking about real people, real lives.     Maloney also points the way forward, sharing inspiring tales of female activists who have managed to make a difference and presenting readers with "take action" guides that show all women practical ways they can help bring about change in their lives and the lives of others. .
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Worried Sick? The Exaggerated Fear of Physical Illness
We live in worrisome times. Perhaps chief among these worries is a concern about health. Newly discovered diseases, ranging from Legionnaires' disease and Lyme disease all the way to AIDS, are reported regularly in the press. At the same time, expensive new technological devices, such as the CAT scan or the PET scan, are trumpeted urgently as ways of diagnosing and warding off otherwise hidden but possibly fatal conditions. New medical treatments, and alternative medical treatments, are advertised on television. It is no wonder that people focus on their health. And in the face of a prolonged or obscure illness, everyone becomes a health worrier. Nevertheless, some people worry all the time. Experiencing any kind of physical symptom, they imagine the worst possible illness. And they tend to express emotional distress by developing physical symptoms. These men and women are suffering from health anxiety. Their fears are unrealistic, but not entirely irrational. They are an outgrowth of certain common childhood experiences. Taken together, they reflect a set of mistaken ideas: about the nature of physical illness. about diet and sleep and bodily functions. about doctors and the way they think. about drugs and their side-effects. about physical examinations and laboratory tests. and about dying and death itself. Health anxiety is a distressing and debilitating condition and untreated continues on for years, worsening again every time the affected person becomes slightly ill. An innovative program of treatment begun in 1996 by the Anxiety and Phobia Center of White Plains Hospital has been tested overtime and found to relieve this otherwise chronic condition. This book and its companion, Worried Sick? The Workbook, explain the principles of the cognitive-behavioral treatment of health anxiety and give detailed direction on how to implement such a program. In addition, specific information is given correcting the various misconceptions of the health worrier. Experience has shown that health worriers willing to follow the explicit instructions in these books will experience considerable and long-lasting relief of their health anxiety..
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Some contractor groups oppose bundling rules: impact of bundling may be exaggerated, comments say.: An article from: Set-Aside Alert
This digital document is an article from Set-Aside Alert, published by Business Research Services, Inc. on April 18, 2003. The length of the article is 594 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation DetailsTitle: Some contractor groups oppose bundling rules: impact of bundling may be exaggerated, comments say. Publication:Set-Aside Alert (Newsletter) Date: April 18, 2003 Publisher: Business Research Services, Inc. Volume: 11 Issue: 8 Page: 3(1) Distributed by Thomson Gale.
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Fraudulent and Exaggerated Claims in PI
The book is aimed primarily at UK personal injury practitioners ranging from solicitors and their employees and barristers to insurers and unqualified claims assessors. However, it is also intended to assist those who may be involved in personal injury claims either in their own right or peripherally. Non-UK practitioners will find it of great interest. No other book exists that addresses the subject - and whether practitioners are acting for the claimants or acting for defendants - they will find it invaluable. 1. Introduction 2. Pleadings and professional position 3. Burden of proof 4. Fraudulent claims 5. Low impact claims: admissibility of expert evidence 6. Low impact claims: causation and foreseeability 7. Exaggerated claims/malingering 8. Similar fact evidence 9. Surveillance evidence 10. Orthopaedic and psychological testing for exaggeration 11. Tax dodging Claimants 12. Proceeds of Crime Act 13. Abuse of process/tainted by illegality 14. Costs 15. Perjury/contempt of court Appendix 1: Statutes Appendix 2: Civil Procedure Rules.
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Are Security Problems Being Exaggerated?(corporate Web sites)(Brief Article): An article from: Security Management
This digital document is an article from Security Management, published by American Society for Industrial Security on April 1, 2000. The length of the article is 867 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation DetailsTitle: Are Security Problems Being Exaggerated?(corporate Web sites)(Brief Article) Author: Dequendre Neeley Publication:Security Management (Refereed) Date: April 1, 2000 Publisher: American Society for Industrial Security Volume: 44 Issue: 4 Page: 35 Article Type: Brief Article Distributed by Thomson Gale.
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