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...Peace Corps and United Way is tasked with helping improve the labor skills of the U.S. workforce. As overseer of America's retirees and 150 million workers, Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, 52, spoke with TIME's Eric Roston about the impending pension crisis, the growing skills gap and life as half of a Washington power couple...
...truth" in China. The "longings of the peasants" formed one kind, the "policies of the higher-ups" another. The rest of Liu's life?his sufferings as well as his remarkable achievements?followed from his choice to side with the first kind of truth. Many Chinese saw a widening gap between the language of socialism and the hard, sometimes disastrous, realities of daily life. While some chose to lie low and compromise, Liu insisted on writing about what he saw. If there is bullying, say so. If corruption exists, give the details. If newspapers carry falsity, don't pretend...
Taking some time off to do something different and “reflect” can indeed be useful. In fact, Harvard encourages an interim year (or “gap year” as they call it in England) between high school and college by offering the chance to defer admittance. In some cases the school requires some to take a year off before matriculating, resulting in a group of students affectionately termed the “Z-listers...
...course, Klum has to think that fashion beats Fear Factor. More surprising is that the show became a hit with the Gap-shopping cable masses. The first season drew 1.3 million viewers an episode on average, a 229% ratings increase for Bravo in the time period. More than 2 million watched the finale. That's not nearly as many as watch American Idol or The Apprentice, but here's what makes Runway better. The contestants are experienced and mature (in Season 2, they range in age from 22 to 51, so they have their own sense of self and aesthetics...
...says he would prefer to date a fellow Hindu, but says that shared culture, more than shared faith, is what’s important to him. “A lot of Indian girls are vegetarian, and they speak the same language. There’s no cultural gap or disparity. With language comes a lot of cultural ties,” he says. THINK OF THE KIDSStudents say that their broadest and most constant concern about interfaith dating is the faith of their children. Whether or not religious students choose to date outside their faiths, most say they usually...