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...title the New Global Opportunity because there's a realization that we can't go back to the old ways. Growth has to be inclusive and sustainable. And the role and potential of those who have been marginalized in the past--the poor, especially women and girls--will only grow...
...read TIME's article on Harvard basketball star Jeremy Lin, I was ashamed and frustrated by the ignorance of my fellow Americans who targeted Lin with racial slurs [Jan. 25]. Basketball is a multicultural sport, and as Americans, we need to grow past the ignorance of racial judgment. Lin has the potential to become a leader in his sport and make an impact on the world...
When you're little, every birthday is a big one. But as you grow up, it's O.K. to let them get small. I have mixed feelings about how midlife birthdays, once easily waved at as they passed quietly by, have spun so far out of control, thanks to Facebook alerts and my generation's abiding commitment to our eternal youth...
...Sixteen was sweet; 18 was freedom, a launch that in those days could legally include a champagne toast. Your young self hatches again and again between birthdays, so marking them has meaning - a grab for the handrail to steady yourself on a dizzying climb. Turn 14 and grow five inches. Turn 17 and fall in love. (See pictures of a diverse group of American teens...
After the husks are cooked, sprayed with water and myco-vitamins and seeded with mushroom spores, the mixture is poured into a mold of the desired shape and left to grow in a dark warehouse. A week or two later, the finished product is popped out and the material rendered biologically inert. The company's first product, a green alternative to Styrofoam, is taking on the packaging industry. Called Ecocradle, it is set to be shipped around a yet-to-be-disclosed consumer item this spring...