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...Swedes most often cited 60 to 65 as preferred ages to call it quits. "People think work has a value, that a job gives you important self-identification," says Atsushi Seike, an economist at Tokyo's Keio University, who studies the aging issue. Seike believes that the work ethic among the elderly stems from the fact that retirement is a relatively new phenomenon for Japan. Seniors watched their own parents and grandparents work until their bodies gave out. "Many retirees, especially the older ones, haven't accumulated the experience of how to enjoy leisure," he adds...
...terror also requires societies to build an ethic against politically and religiously instigated violence. Any counterterrorism strategy must include a capability and willingness to negotiate with those Islamic groups with legitimate grievances and that are willing to end the violence. Radical Islamic schools need to be re-educated so that they become proponents of peace, and the media must inform the public about what terrorism really is: unjustifiable murder of the innocent. Everyone has to play a role. Only then...
...Becoming Chief Justice of the United States would be vindication of his powerful work ethic, exceptional abilities, and competitive drive,” Robert N. Bush ’77, who roomed with Roberts for three years in Straus Hall and Leverett House, wrote in an e-mail earlier this month...
...Becoming Chief Justice of the United States would be vindication of his powerful work ethic, exceptional abilities, and competitive drive,” Robert N. Bush ’77, who roomed with Roberts for three years in Straus Hall and Leverett House, wrote in an e-mail earlier this month...
...first to lead a major Western nation ... In keeping with British tradition, Thatcher will be addressed simply as 'Prime Minister.' Even before she paid her first visit to Downing Street, her campaign aides had arrived, their arms loaded with paperwork. The government of a determined woman whose work ethic had been forged in the heartland of England was taking shape with no delay...