Word: greg
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...parents see college admission as the culmination of years of investment--the homework showdowns and soccer shuttles--it's not hard to find kids like Robson who see it as their deliverance. "I don't really want to continue all this hypercompetitiveness," says Greg Smith, 18, a senior in Charlotte, N.C., who cringes as he notes how, when history projects were announced at his high school, there was a literal footrace to the library to be the first to get the key books. He won a Morehead scholarship to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, a full ride offered...
...seething hatred in the middle East has been festering for far too long. The rich and powerful nations of the world must band together under the banner of the U.N. and stop the carnage once and for all. Greg Murphy Halifax, Canada...
...Reported by Verna Gates/Birmingham, Jeffrey Ressner/Los Angeles, Elizabeth Coady/Chicago and Greg Fulton/Atlanta
...salary in Shenzhen has surged by about 40% since 2000 to more than $4,000 last year. That's twice the average wage in other major cities like Chongqing. Higher costs are undercutting the profit margins of labor-intensive industries that have been the backbone of Shenzhen's economy. Greg Gong, CEO of Taiwan-based Further Tech, opened a factory in Shenzhen three years ago to make consumer-electronics gear, but he's already getting squeezed. Gong says his costs are rising by 10% annually, driven mainly by higher wages, and tough competition prevents him from increasing the price...
...GREG MURPHY...