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Quick Study: The Future of Work
Reader's Digest — By Mattathias Schwartz From Reader's Digest Here's a look at the forces that will shape your time on the job through the recession and beyond. National statistics show a shrinking workweek, dropping from 38.5 hours in the mid 1960s to around 34 .. ...More…
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Stay Connected with Reader's Digest
Reader's Digest — Connect with the Reader's Digest community on Facebook. Share our most talked about stories, enter contests, read our blogs and download our latest widgets. Plus, find our most popular photos and videos or upload your own. Connect with the ...More…
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Better Business Bureau
Reader's Digest — By Adam Bluestein and Maureen Mackey From Reader's Digest More secrets your dry cleaner won't tell you 1. Lots of "dry" cleaning isn't. "We do about 24 percent of garments in water," says Chuck Horst, president of ...More…
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Checking and Savings
Reader's Digest — By Beth Kobliner From Reader's Digest Check out our online money guide for mortgage advice, calculators and more. The financial gurus will be debating for years how we got into the mess we're in-and how we'll get out of it. But while the ...More…
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The Manager Who Couldn't Write
Reader's Digest — What launched Amy Tan's career was not a big break, but a kick in the butt. Before the million-copy sales of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife and The Hundred Secret Senses, Amy Tan was a writer. A business writer. She and a partner ran a ...More…
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What Causes Stress?
Reader's Digest — From Looking After Your Body Regardless of the cause, stress sets in motion certain automatic changes in the body that are designed to give it a quick burst of energy. The pattern of changes has been called the "fight-or-flight" response because ...More…
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Boomers on Broadway
Reader's Digest — By Alanna Nash From Reader's Digest You're seated in a darkened Broadway theater, and onstage Frankie Valli, the leader of the '60s pop group The Four Seasons, is crooning, "Sherry, Sherry baby, Sherry..." You're 40-something ...More…
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Kids and the Television
Reader's Digest — From Stealth Health One study of children ages 2-18 found kids spend an average of 5 hours and 29 minutes per day watching television, playing video games, and using various other types of electronic media. You can increase your kids' physical ...More…
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Got Twins?
Reader's Digest — Giving birth to multiples is a wonderful blessing. But the prospect of providing your children with the care they need may feel daunting at first. After all, taking care of just one baby is hard work, let alone two (or more). Here are some simple ...More…
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Thrills That Kill
Reader's Digest — Robert and Phyllis Evans considered themselves lucky. They had three wonderful children whom they adored and, after 26 years of marriage, their relationship was still solid. They owned a four-bedroom, two-story house in the woodsy, close-knit ...More…
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Ask Laskas: Friend Diets Too Much
Reader's Digest — I'm 14 and I have a friend who might be anorexic. We've known each other for about four or five years. Nobody ever told me what to do in this sort of situation, and I'm concerned. I want to help, but don't know how. What should I do? ...More…
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Get What You're Owed
Reader's Digest — How can I remind a friend he owes me money? I feel uncomfortable bringing it up, especially when I've already done so several times before. Keep it simple. Next time you're with him, take a napkin, write out an IOU and give it to him. Hold out ...More…