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Rascals

Chris Brady

  Thousands of pilots were shot down over northwestern Europe,and it wasn't long before clandestine operations sprang into place to smugglethem back to England to fight again. Armstrong called "the most efficient andcruelly repressive secret police in Europe."   The legend of André de Jongh grew and grew.

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Healthy Habits Of Successful Leaders – An Expert Roundup

Joseph Lalonde

Which leads me to this conclusion; one of the healthiest habits you can operate in is healthy thinking! Steven Armstrong of StevenArmstrong.ca. This has been the biggest contributor to how I operate now. The most powerful habit I have that helps make me a better leader and a better person is exercise. What is that!?”

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The Next Wave of Hospital Innovation to Make Patients Safer

Harvard Business Review

Nearly 65 million surgical operations were performed last year in the U.S., resulting in an estimated 200,000 deaths from complications or other post-operative issues. Older procedures required cutting large openings to operate on a patient (e.g., commercial aviation, nuclear power, and naval aircraft carrier operations).

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To Make Innovation Stick, Try Trying

Harvard Business Review

Then the companies that considered themselves truly global went a step further, staffing their Chinese operations with Chinese managers. Listening is far more powerful than speaking, he says. Now leading U.S. When you speak, you''re not learning. And how often do you really influence people by your words anyway? —Andy O''Connell.

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When Health Care Providers Look at Problems from Multiple Perspectives, Patients Benefit

Harvard Business Review

Smith was ready to be discharged home after his laryngectomy, an extensive operation that removes a patient’s throat due to cancer. In the opinion of Dr. Lu-Myers, he was a capable man who had passed his physical and occupational therapy evaluations with flying colors. Communication failures are a common cause of patient harm.

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A Short History of Radio Explains the iPhone’s Success

Harvard Business Review

The FRC restricted WCFL’s hours and reduced its power. Armstrong’s Killer App. Edwin Howard Armstrong was a science prodigy. In 1934, the same year that the FRC became the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Armstrong was perfecting a new radio technology that offered superior reception: “high fidelity.”

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The Big Picture of Business: The Colonel and Me

Strategy Driven

The first which I attended was at the Armstrong-Johnson Ford dealership. It occupied one counter at 2-J’s Hamburgers, an established Austin restaurant, owned and operated by Ralph Moreland. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame is now out in all three e-book formats: iTunes , Kindle , and Nook. Yes and here I stand.”