We've come a loooooooong way baby! Great honors for a great athlete. First a tennis center named for her, now the Billie Jean King International Women's Sports Center is expected to open in the spring of 2008. picked by suebe 3 years ago tags women sports |
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While a succession of easy-on-the-eye unknowns have appeared in Wimbledon's prime arena, the top women's seeds have been relegated to lesser courts. picked by tvirus 5 months ago 10 comments edit related share sports |
In Britain, a survey was done using thin models and larger models. More women chose the thinner models stating they gave a better impression than the larger models. No survey of cocaine use was included. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share entertainment |
A list of 2008 first for women. Great look at all that women accomplished this year. picked by pvisi111 11 months ago 1 comments edit related share entertainment |
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolden, recognized as the world's oldest person, died Monday in a nursing home, the home's administrator said. She was 116. 0 comments edit related share worldBolden had 40 grandchildren, 75 great-grandchildren, 150 great-great-grandchildren, 220 great-great-great grandchildren and 75 great-great-great-great grandchildren. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago |
American women have fought and served in every U.S. war, beginning with the Revolutionary War. Today, there are over 198,000 women in the active duty military, constituting 14.5% of the active force. Women are integral members of the armed forces and they are here to stay. Yet despite women's accomplishments throughout history, and most recently in the War on Terror, DoD policy still prohibits wom... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Who are the top sexy women in the world? 0 comments edit related share entertainmentThe number of searches each lady gets on the internet is the criteria we use to determine who the most beautiful women in the world are. picked by mikewall 3 years ago |
The driving ban applies to all women, Saudi and foreign, and forces families to hire live-in drivers. Women whose families cannot afford $300-$400 a month for a driver must rely on male relatives to drive them to work, school, shopping or the doctor's. picked by DemureArt 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share world |
First came fat-busting footwear. Now experts say they have developed a trainer that can spring you into shape. As well as helping you to shed weight, reduce cellulite and improve posture, the Springboost shoes can make you run faster and jump higher. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
They’re called “reborns”: incredibly lifelike baby dolls that sell for up to $4,000 to adult women who collect them, change their clothes, and in some ways treat them like real babies. 12 comments edit related share weirdYikes! picked by Bornbad 1 year ago |
A Saudi woman activist marked this year's International Women's Day by defying a ban on women driving in the ultra-conservative kingdom and posted a video of her act on YouTube. 5 comments edit related share worldMore than 1,100 Saudi men and women signed a petition to King Abdullah urging him to lift the controversial ban on women driving. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago |
Women who doll up with too much perfume might not know it because they're depressed. "Our scientific findings suggest that women who are depressed are also losing their sense of smell, and may overcompensate by using more perfume." picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 4 comments edit related share science |
Canada beat Japan in finals of women's curling championships. It is said that the Canadian team was "really out of it" when they were losing 6-3, but they got back into it to win. (They were reminded that if they won, they'd get a case of Labatt's light!) picked by dreamering 2 years ago 6 comments edit related share sports |
A survey was taken around the world and the results were determined by: 1) Quality of women, 2) Amount of Women per men ratio and 3) Ease of talking to women. picked by orbitalorbz 2 years ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
The center, called ReSTART, is somewhat ironically located near Redmond, headquarters of Microsoft and a world center of the computer industry. picked by nateebiinature 3 months ago 1 comments edit related share technology |
The first baby rhinoceros born in Uganda in almost 30 years has been named Obama because his father is from Kenya and his mother was born in the US. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
First it was bluefin tuna, then Playboy bunnies, then the world’s wheat crop. Now the Great Barrier Reef is going to be gone in 20 years, according to marine scientist Charlie Veron. 0 comments edit related share plime.comOnce carbon dioxide had hit the levels predicted for between 2030 and 2060, all coral reefs were doomed to extinction, he said. “They would be the world’s first global ecosystem to collapse.” picked by Bingo 4 months ago |
According to The New York Times over the past year, as companies from Citibank to GM announced massive layoffs, a full 82 percent of the people getting pink slips have been men. Any day now, women are expected to become the majority of the American workforce. picked by psycmoe 9 months ago 5 comments edit related share plime.com |
Blonde women really do make men lose their heads, according to scientists. Tests showed that men performed worse after they were shown pictures of fair-haired women, most likely because they believed they were dealing with someone less intelligent. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share science |
Anousheh Ansari an Iranian-American entrepreneur is expected to blast off for the international space station in September. She is officially the first women tourist to travel in to space. picked by Arrch8 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share science |
Ms. Magazine is a magazine allegedly all about female empowerment. However, they refused to run an ad touting the political power of women. Their reason was incredibly lame, perhaps the fact that they were women in political power in Israel was the problem. 8 comments edit related share plime.com[wasn't sure if this should go in politics or wtf] picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago |