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The Economic and Social Impact of Language

Mills Scofield

And, in 2010, Arne Duncan announced that 95% of American college students in language classes were taking European languages. In 2004, the Modern Language Association noted a sense of crisis in higher language education driven by what was called “the nation’s language deficit.” This is paralyzing.

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Helping Kids Cope with Bullies - What Experts Say

Building Personal Strength

2004) recommends that the victim try ignoring verbal harassment. Picking on a defenseless victim marks the bully as a coward, says Larry Winget, author of Your Kids Are Your Own Fault (2010). Plus, when he was young he was the smallest kid in his class. David Walsh, author of Why Do They Act That Way?

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Personal Strength for Adult Life - Heavy Thoughts on Prom Night

Building Personal Strength

My graduating class was small -- it had fewer than 100 seniors. Copyright 2010. 2004 photo by Andre Karwath , used with permission from Wikimedia). If you know anything about Jerry Lee Lewis, you know that his performance was amazing, something I'll never forget. I'll also never forget that Belle thought he was disgusting.

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Women: The New Voices of Unions

Women on Business

In a day and age where the people are again rising up to fight for the rights of your every day person, the Occupy movements are starting to force us to look at the issues in our society for the working class. In 2010, Mary Kay was elected as the president and vows to “heal” her union. Henry stepped forward. She says. “We

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Is Your Next Great CEO a Management Consultant?

Harvard Business Review

While former management consultants are not frequently chosen as CEOs — our research noted 28 former management consultants with five-plus years of consulting experience out of a total of 541 CEO transitions between 2004 and 2010 — the evidence we’ve uncovered here would suggest that, as a class, they are fully worthy of consideration.

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How U.S. Businesses Can Succeed in India in 2015

Harvard Business Review

billion in 2010, predicting it would grow at 20% a year for a decade. In India’s class-conscious culture, such a person might struggle at having to personally perform tasks that they routinely delegated two or three layers down. Earlier, GE found that it could not make a go in the appliance business in India. David Mulford, U.S.

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Could a Four-Year-Old Do What Carl Icahn Does?

Harvard Business Review

Museum-goers, looking at a Rothko or a Pollock , scratched their heads and wondered exactly what made these works so valuable — while the seemingly similar messes their children brought home from art class were just… messes. In 2010 it was $900 million — seventh place. I have my own version of this. In 2012 it was $1.9

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