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"It definitely seemed an odd career path," acknowledges Randall, who grew up in a middle-class family in Queens, the daughter of a salesman and a teacher. I almost didn’t do this interview, as you know. The remarks are disturbing when addressed to minorities and they are disturbing when they are addressed to half the population. Lisa Randall. We're not going to be able to answer the "why" questions. In 2009, she collaborated with composer Hector Parra on an opera that premiered at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and cocurated an exhibition for the Los Angeles Arts Association called "Measure for Measure," an exploration of our perception of scale.Still, her first love is science. Yes, there are times you might feel isolated but there is also an entire community out there with similar interests, which is actually pretty wonderful. And sadly often reflect more truth than people admit. There are so many assumptions built into the culture. "You get the sense that they want to watch her go down. Her research includes elementary particles, fundamental forces and dimensions of space. "I'm always able to get a reservation at Nobu," she says. "By the time I was 40, I had just taken a five-year lease on a two-seat convertible and resigned myself to the fact that I wasn't going to be a mom.
'"LAWYERS AREN'T USUALLY SUBJECT to "a star is born" moments, but Shawn Holley had hers in the early '90s while working in the Los Angeles public defender's office. "AT HER 32ND BIRTHDAY PARTY, Meryl Poster realized that her Hollywood career had really taken off. Add your voice! As one of the few working mothers at her daughter's "fancy school," Holley has felt conflicted at times about the professional demands on her time. Randall is smart enough to know that all the publicity she generates — "When you're reaching out to people beyond the scientific community, image does matter" — helps crack the door open a little wider for other women. "You could keep someone's life from going into a downward spiral. Like people inviting you to speak on your research or referencing it. After just three months, she was plucked from mail to work for the firm's then-president Lee Stevens, to whom she made it abundantly clear that she was no career gofer: "One day I was spilling coffee as I walked across the room, and my boss said, 'Uh-oh.' Physics is hard enough to explain. I don’t have all the answers.