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Given her enthusiasm, it comes as no surprise when Rodriguez says she works at MobiTV for the people. She has fed off the excitement of the start-up since the day she came to work, her laptop and mobile phone in tow. Her work ethic, she says, comes from her entrepreneurial family and a father who has done everything from construction to property development. Having grown up on a ranch as the youngest of five, she jokes that she was on the family payroll...
...They might be appalled at my blockmates’ homophobia, and they might speculate that I pathetically accept their sensibilities, including their sick, hateful sense of humor as the price to pay for their friendship. Some of my friends and I—we all rigorously adhere to an ethic of cultural relativism—call these people, “The Bad People.” They are on par with people who make conversation during television shows, hold opinions about Undergraduate Council candidates, or sing “Happy Birthday” in restaurants...
...immigration. In fact, Bennelong is Howard's touchstone for the get-ahead and assimilating migrants he believes are the key to national cohesion. As many as one-quarter of the seat's population are Asian-born. Many have professional, trade and technical qualifications; most share Howard's ferocious work ethic and are keen on material accumulation...
...night. “We’ve got to remove the barriers of ‘Uncle Sam’: let’s allow freedom. Let’s force them into responsibility,” Parker said of welfare recipients. Instead, Parker advocated an emboldened work ethic, reforms in education, and encouraging charity as alternative approaches to confronting poverty. “We’ve got to regulate behavior or we’ll have absolute chaos which will lead us to a totalitarian state,” she said. Parker, the founder of the Coalition...
Barrett’s dedication and work ethic make him a role model to his teammates, and an ideal athlete for any coach...