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Adolescent Rites of Passage - Something of Monumental Importance Has Been Lost

Building Personal Strength

Louise Carus Mahdi, et al (1996); and From Boys to Men: Spiritual Rites of Passage in an Indulgent Age , by Bret Stephenson (2006). Modern adolescents feel the same powerful need to break away from childhood, prove themselves, find their identity, and be acknowledged by and accepted into the adult community. Copyright 2013.

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The 3 Things CEOs Worry About the Most

Harvard Business Review

Please note that titles used here reflect the positions the individuals held in 2013, when we conducted the interviews for a separate article ). Randall Stephenson of AT&T explained, “We had 270,000 people we employed around the globe.

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The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of the U.S. Antitrust Movement

Harvard Business Review

The competition ideal was the belief, in line with democratic principles, in dispersing economic and political power from the hands of a few, to foster greater opportunities to compete, improve, and win. But by 2013, these figures fell “to about one-third of firms and one-tenth of total employment.” ” U.S.