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- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
of the summer, Weenick recalls, one of HLW's program directors gradually began to use some of the "business-y" vocabulary she had introduced concerning issues of quality and efficiency. "It was instructive for me that it was not an... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
tangible short-term results.” And the payoff has been particularly satisfying. “My quality of life is the best it’s ever been,” says Holden. “I’m doing what I enjoy most and what I believe I do best — combining skill with imagination.”... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
them is the ability to multitask. However, of all the wonderful qualities a woman may possess, there is one key requirement for her career to advance: Recognition. We must learn to advocate for ourselves effectively, with confidence,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Eric Schiffer
offer an attractive retail environment to move a company’s products — a clean, well-organized store where a brand’s cachet isn’t damaged. One closeout we bought were sleeves of three Top-Flite golf balls. They’re the same high quality as... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
looking at which qualities and characteristics psychologists consider to be “gendered” to see if they were stereotypically male or female. We found that if you look at the top ten characteristics, more than half were male, a small number... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
Mezuo Nwuneli Their investment firm is transforming the landscape by supporting small- and medium-sized agricultural enterprises. "Changing mindsets among the local populace that 'Made in Nigeria' products, especially food, are high View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
any potential appearance of conflict of interest) are past contest participants. Exchange.com’s Stig Leschly comments on what he is looking for as a judge: “A team’s résumé is important, but it’s relevant to just a fraction of the problems that need to be solved. The... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
consumer-driven system would require transparency in health-care quality and costs. Can you imagine shopping in a supermarket where you don't know products' prices or ingredients? In the 1930s, President Roosevelt created the SEC to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Prognosis
they were disproportionately coming from Chelsea, Revere, and East Boston. I think in this case the social determinants include living in crowded housing conditions, where the ventilation and air quality are not as good and which seems to... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
environment and the quality of life if it is to stay competitive. Building Global Bridges Dean Clark's Sunday afternoon address outlining his vision for the School in the 21st century complemented the conference's global theme. Addressing... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Frank Blethen (PMD 35, 1978)
relevant, quality newspaper and deliver it on time. To my knowledge we're the only newspaper in the country that guarantees 5:30 a.m. weekday home delivery, which is very expensive to do. But we think that's critical. About 40 percent of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
degree and experience as CEO of a public company. These criteria can create unnecessary barriers for women, who are traditionally underrepresented in technical-education programs and hold only about 6 percent of CEO roles in S&P 500 companies. And these View Details
- 03 Mar 2020
- News
Can This Man Change the American Diet?
them. Ayr: So I built this up for many years. And this sandwich was my attempt to defend the Brussels sprout and bring people into the fold. Brussels sprouts are amazing because if they’re done really badly, like any vegetable, if the View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
quality of the organization that is presenting the Games to the world." In January, ACOG announced that it had revenues and commitments equal to 90 percent of its budget requirements, with the bulk coming from broadcast rights, ticket... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Vision: Learning Curve
leveraging existing technology and infrastructure to enhance the quality of early childhood education for disadvantaged kids. And while the state-run preschools and primary schools that serve this population may suffer in comparison with... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
South Florida and Minnesota Launch Community Programs
can adapt it to their situation,” she observes. “It’s a question of managing the projects and assembling strong groups of volunteers to achieve quality output for each project.” Twenty–seven volunteers staffed five projects for the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Middle Way
kids being kids, he often had to negotiate peace on the field. “I had to keep people from fighting,” he says, “because I couldn’t fight everyone.” Eamer is also even-keeled, a quality that is perhaps equal parts nature and nurture. While... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous
- 25 Aug 2010
- News
Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations
their mirror position on the other side of the room. This included dress, hairstyle, mannerisms, voice, and style of comment typical of the person in question, and, of course, we traded namecards. Our professor rolled with it quite well, despite the fact that humor... View Details
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
better quality conversation online. At Reddit, everything we build is trying to mimic real life. So nothing unnatural, right? So if you think about how do you have a good discussion in real life, it’s usually knowing the context. So it’s... View Details
- 13 Nov 2018
- News
Building a New Real Estate Investment Model
offering a quality product to those people.” The Steinbridge experiment is already underway in Philadelphia—what Davis calls “the perfect prototype.” In Pennsylvania, houses cannot be purchased in bulk, and Philadelphia is a major city... View Details