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October 20, 2011 | | EXCLUSIVE In an exclusive excerpt from Condoleezza Rice’s soon to be released memoir No Higher Honor, the former secretary of state tells all about her meeting with the recently killed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi: his eerie obsession with her (he called her his African Princess), his WMD stockpile—and his infamous “tent” in the desert. COMEBACK? While the guys on stage at Tuesday night's GOP debate we're busy out-shouting one another, Michele Bachmann stunned the crowd with an emotional-and unexpected-appeal to struggling moms. “When you talk about housing, when you talk about foreclosures, you’re talking about women who are at the end of their rope because they’re losing their nest for their children and for their family," she said. Is it enough to keep her in the spotlight? The Daily Beast's Michelle Goldberg weighs in. RUDE When writer Amy Reiter noticed that her unpleasant--but highly successful--boss never said "thank you" or "I'm sorry" in his emails to colleagues, she decided to try it out herself. And it worked--she found that her own work life actually improved. She might be on to something: A recent study found that people who are mean at work actually earn more than their nicer peers...as long as they don't push it too far. BIAS Massachusetts may revel in its liberal reputation, but it has struggled mightily to elect women to the state legislature. “Getting elected to statewide office here is a big launching pad for national politics. The men don’t want to give that up. Men see the opportunities and are damned if they’re going to let women in,” says Carol Hardy-Fanta, director of the Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. With the fight heating up between Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren, writer Linda Killian examines whether Warren has the chance to smash the glass ceiling. To get involved, visit the 2012 Project, which seeks to increase the number of women in Congress and state legislature. TRAILBLAZER In a must-read piece about Jill Abramson, the first female executive editor of The New York Times, The New Yorker's Ken Auletta takes a hard look at her background as managing editor of the paper, her advocacy on behalf of women on the staff, and the obstacles she faces in the new job. Auletta recounts how, in Abramson's previous role, she was seen as a vocal champion for the newspaper's female employees, often throwing parties to celebrate their promotions—
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