Word: know-how
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...said. “Well, that really is the world today.” After citing several causes of worldwide hunger, including famine, poverty, and natural disaster, Zucker offered his thoughts on how to address the situation. “Dream big, invest significantly, apply technological know-how and political will,” he said. Anita McGahan, professor of management at the University of Toronto, presented the difficulties of achieving proper levels of sustenance worldwide to the half-filled Science Center auditorium. Citing age distribution projections, McGahan said that the global hunger situation would likely be exacerbated...
...talks about her love of nature and how she would like to recreate the atmosphere of the Italian village she was born in. Stefanel-Stoffel is surprised by the disapproval that her project has sparked among some of the neighborhood's residents. "We're putting our name, money and know-how into this," she says. "We want to be proud, not ashamed. I want to participate in the development of this beautiful city." (See pictures of Barack Obama in Berlin...
...long term. On the other hand, I think some of our employees are a little spoiled. I work 12 hours a day, but our workers work less than eight. Now there is competition. Maybe we should all pull our sleeves up and work harder to support and maintain the know-how in Italy, because once it's gone it's gone...
Saul Villegas, a director at the Bolivian Mining Corporation (COMIBOL), the operative wing of the Mining Ministry, seems to agree. "We know that we lack know-how and that we need investment to pull this off," says Villegas, pointing out that the government has formed a scientific committee made up of auto experts and representatives from car companies worldwide...
...Some say immigrants, especially guest workers, become fourth class citizens. But they are often sub-castes in their own countries, invisible to the oh-so-keen eye of the developed world. Some say it robs developing countries of their skills and talent. But more people bring home skills and know-how than leave permanently in the “brain drain.” Lastly, some say it promotes dissolution of families. Love, however, is a little tougher with empty stomachs and untreated infections. In Cape Verde, an African island nation, live about 460,000 people. There are about...