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19 May 2020
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Exploring the Economics of a Pandemic; Alumni Forums Draw Closer Online

April 29 aimed at helping members navigate the economic and health impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on the black community. The series kicked off with “How Black Businesses Can Survive Covid-19” and featured Rogers, and his daughter, entrepreneur and View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

03 Jul 2024
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Surviving the Iditarod

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Sunny Stroeer: Many folks have heard of the Iditarod Sled Dog race, which is the last great race on earth where mushers compete to cover the distance from Anchorage to Nome as quickly as possible. The... View Details

15 Jun 2018
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Skydeck Live: The Science of a Meaningful Life

every single flight. As they were taking the shuttle from the hotel to the airport, he would say, tell me a story about what happens if engine 2 goes out. What are the first things you're going to do with your hands? What are the first... View Details

14 Mar 2019
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The Merchant of Osaka

were painted stark white and were inhospitable down to the dirty slippers that patients traded for their shoes at the door. The reception area of the Yoga clinic had all the comforts of a wellappointed hotel lobby: plush couches, orchids,... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

01 Mar 2010
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Sole Mates

and infrastructure, and with personnel costs that match European standards, we can compete only on the basis of high-quality French Caribbean service. We do have one luxury hotel that already exhibits that standard: the Cap Est Lagoon... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Forestry and Logging; Agriculture; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government

04 May 2018
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How to Win the Kentucky Derby

race? Finley: It's on a lot of bucket lists. On Saturday morning, you wake up and you can just feel it. And every hotel for 50 miles around the city is packed with people that have come in to be at the Kentucky Derby. So you'll see all... View Details

Keywords: horse racing

12 Jul 2019
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The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster

something around that. And so that evening, we cornered Tom Eisenmann at the Sheraton Hotel in Palo Alto and literally sketched out—about the most cliche thing you can do—sketched out on a napkin how Cloudflare would work. And said will... View Details

01 Sep 2017
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City of Dreams

hotels and apartment buildings split the city’s skyline. “You will see visible, visible change,” he says. “Fifteen years from now, this is where you take that one shot of Colombo.” As a teenager growing up in Kandy, Sri Lanka’s... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word

at the Kirkwood Hotel with the strict instruction that drinking on the job was not allowed. Two months in, I regularly enjoyed a few gin and tonics while on duty. One day the owner found out what I was up to and fired me. I had to... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

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