Word: environmental
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In the course of the research, Barker and Miller tested additional variables to see if they could find other things affecting educational outcomes. One variable that influenced test scores even more than homeownership: whether a family owned a car. What to make of that? Well, maybe cars are important. Or...
The idea is to make climate-change predictions a bit more like the weather report, in both accuracy and accessibility. Right now scientists' understanding of global warming is the opposite of the 6 p.m. forecast. While climatologists have a better and better picture of what will happen to the entire...
Habib Ladjevardi, who founded ICMS in 1972, said that he still recalls one lesson from Barnes’ lectures, which he came to follow himself: visiting an employee in his or her own work environment, rather than calling an employee to one’s office.
The 26-year veteran of Wall Street abruptly announced his intentions to return to the financial services industry in May, stating his desire to seek out opportunities in an environment much changed by the crisis.
These early triumphs in the face of adversity understandably shaped his ambition and his worldview. "You can never forget that Lloyd came from a pretty significantly challenging environment," explains Robert Steel, Blankfein's former partner at Goldman and an Under Secretary for Paulson at Treasury. "That's at the root...