Michael CooklGlamour girls come down to earthMichael Cookl | 23 Jun 2009Being a flight attendant was the glamour job back in the 60s and 70s. But haven’t you noticed that they’re getting older and older? A study from the Population Reference Bureau shows that this impression is not wrong. In fact, the age profile of American flight attendants has changed dramatically since 1980.A big, big Lett downMichael Cookl | 19 Jun 2009The Latvian economy is in terrible, terrible shape. As The Economist notes, its GDP has declined by one-fifth and imports and exports have contracted by 40%. It is an economic disaster zone rarely seen outside of times of war. The European Union and the IMF have thrown the tiny Baltic country of 2.2 million a lifeline, but everyone is nervous that the country might become a victim of L-shaped stagnation, instead of an optimistic U-shaped recovery.Page 1 of 1 : subscribe donate
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