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...will discover our writers' making some provocative connections, from Tom Peters' talking about the global marketplace to Nobel economist Amartya Sen's exploring the link between jobs and political deprivation. And if anyone thinks that China's bid for superpower status does not depend on its famed work ethic, then she should read Yale professor Paul Bracken's essay, "Will China Be Number 1?" (The answer is no, but the price for the U.S. of remaining the world's chief superpower is about to rise, sharply...
...belong. That is the essence and beauty of scouting. I'm not gay, but I see it as abundantly clear that antipathy to bigotry of any kind is implicit in the above canon. Whoever injected the phrase "morally straight" into the American version cannot possibly hold to an ethic of Christian charity. In 46 years of teaching, I have put my arms around many students of both sexes who needed me, and I shall continue to do so. Academic subjects are what we teach; love is what we practice. CEDRIC VENDYBACK Kelowna...
...capitalism is in many ways more natural to Asia than it ever was to the West. The devotion to one's task as the hallmark of productive work had to be beaten into a mostly balky peasantry in Europe, even while such dedication flourished under Confucianism. Today the work ethic in China puts the U.S. to shame. Imagine what will happen when technology and innovation join with what some U.S. experts in the 1960s contemptuously called "ant labor" in China...
...sketchy to prove that the long-dreaded bidding war on wages has begun. But they do indicate that employers will have to push harder than ever to raise productivity to offset the wage and benefit increases they will be forced to grant. The vastly underrated American work ethic that prompts the most oddly assorted people to snap up jobs when offered a chance has kept the boom boiling longer than anyone expected. But from now on, putting them on the payroll is less likely to be as cheap...
...than a curse that the Conleys do not have an established House community to waltz into--one of their primary goals is to create a stronger sense of community at Kirkland House. The Conleys also intend to concentrate their efforts on intellectual, ethnic, and cultural missions to develop an "ethic of living" among their students. These are both admirable goals for the House and we hope that the Conleys are successful in their aspirations...