Word: gooding
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...young vets, whose challenges include a lack of veteran centers in rural states and the special needs of female vets who have been abused during military service, will be demonized because of tales of crime and may face discrimination, especially in a tight job market. This could be a good follow-up article. Mark Waddell, the vet you profiled, is still a leader. As a 'Nam vet with PTSD and a veterans' services representative, I think Waddell and his wife are doing more good than they'll ever know...
...think I’m just chronically indecisive,” said Bjork, who flirted with concentrating in the humanities before settling on chemistry. “I’m not sure if it’s a good thing or a bad thing at this point, but I’m grateful for the opportunity to be indecisive in England...
...Beijing can hardly hope to veil their foreign policies as well as they do their domestic ones. Political and economic success story that it is, China is a role model for scores of developing nations. Under the dual threats of setting those nations astray and losing its own international good standing, China therefore needs to change its Africa policy—and fast...
...course, China’s initiatives are far from malicious in and of themselves. In fact, they might do the perpetually forgotten continent an unprecedented amount of good. Among the tangible benefits of the November deal are $1 billion for small business, massive improvements in African infrastructure, reduced tariffs, construction of 100 clean-energy projects, and sponsorship of programs in health, education, culture, and agriculture. Since 2000, such measures have not only built China political goodwill, they have also expanded the dollar value of Chinese trade with Africa tenfold...
...doesn’t have forever to fix itself,” he said. “The papers tell us that the board concluded that Henderson was a good man, but he was not willing to move fast enough transforming G.M. into a 21st century company...