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Women Are Overtaking Men in the US

By David KnowlesNov 6th 2009 – 6:32PM

(Nov. 6) -- The United States may have officially entered the age of woman. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, this fall, for the first time in U.S. history, women have surpassed men and now make up more than 50 percent of the nation's workforce. In 1967, by comparison, they accounted for just one-third of all...

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Visas Denied to Scholars to Attend Same Conference as Castro's Daughter

By Best Pix of the Week May 18th 2012 - 07:04PM

Raúl Castro's daughter Mariela received a visa to attend a conference of scholars next week, but several less prominent academics have been denied, according to conference organizers.

Background on Queens College

Queens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. It is among the older and larger colleges of the University, founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou (the Queen of Henry VI, who founded nearby King's College), and has some of the most recognisable buildings in Cambridge.

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