Word: elements
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Precariousness is an essential element in the life of the entrepreneur, a French word now more associated with the much despised Anglo-Saxon "liberalism" and its merciless dog-eat-dog capitalism. But these days the best examples of the entrepreneurial spirit are hardly Anglo-Saxon: China, India, Korea, Chile, all rising and growing, even as France and much of Europe decline...
...Spats over registration are perhaps the least interesting element of homeschooling, which raises many of the most basic questions about the needs of children. Most people's gut reaction is that children simply must go to school. Perhaps parents can look after the three Rs, they say, but nothing beats school for preparing the child for life beyond home. There's probably some truth in that. Yet it's fair to ask why, as a society, we assume that a minimum of 10 years at school is appropriate for all children any more than a spell in the Army...
...often ignored by the general public. The protests force the country to acknowledge that the “immigration issue” has a human face. By demanding recognition, the students in the streets have made themselves a part of the story. They have added a new element to political decision-making.Whether these protests will succeed in the short-term, I cannot say. But the next time politicians start to brag about how tough they’ve been on the illegals, I sincerely hope they think harder about the thousands of young people marching in the streets, trying to protect...
...student’s family or other background circumstances may help the FDO and other advisors in their efforts to help the student,” they write. “Such communication is at the heart of what we do here and is an important element of increasing the likelihood that students will thrive at Harvard...
Every year we like to lift our eyes from the toil of the present and peer further ahead at the trends on the horizon. Our exploration this time raised a lively debate on the merits of digital moviemaking, as well as keen observations that underscored the human element of our technology-driven world time's article on George Lucas and the new digital age in moviemaking was especially poignant for me [March 20]. My father worked as a technician at Technicolor for more than 30 years and helped with the production of several Disney animated movies. Now my daughter...