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“This traces back to gender norms in society in general that put a disproportionate share of household responsibilities and child care on women,” said Francine Blau, an economics professor at Cornell University.

The next morning, still hungry for traces of Frankenstein’s creator, but feeling the trail in Edinburgh running slightly cold, I took an hour-long train ride north to Dundee.

The party has argued that the dedicated team could work with local police forces to place bikes, fitted with trackers, in theft hotspots enabling officers to trace thieves and gather evidence about wider criminal networks.

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It instead traces to Wall Street’s increasing reliance on short-term momentum strategies.

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Despite a huge international manhunt and global media attention, no trace of her has been found and no one has been charged over her disappearance.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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