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Feature: Only Rats Race!

Only rats race! Actually, Ruskin Bond put it best. His Love Among the Bookshelves yields this nugget: “…I have mentioned my antipathy to running races. Why bother to come first when, with less effort, you can come in last and be none the worse for it? There is no law against coming in last.” Everyone…

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Feature: On Downscaling

  The view from the other side Drawing from personal experience and outside advice, SHEILA KUMAR details the life of a downscaler. Downscaling is when a man or woman decides to downsize their professional life, for a variety of reasons, all hard to contemplate, harder to act on. And, surprise, surprise, downscaling happens to women…

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