"Researchers are committed to a long term study of HSL with the goals of producing ... a dictionary (and) archived videotaped data, " s aid James Woodward, an Adjunct Professor of Linguistics at the University of Hawaii at Mano.

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In a study published last year, Correll found employers tended to view mothers as less competent and committed than other workers, held them to higher standards and offered them lower salaries.

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