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...late to win the war in iraq only if you believe it is already lost or you want the U.S. to lose. People have failed to learn the lesson the insurgents grasped early on: It ain't over till it's over. Douglas Young Los Angeles...
...second lesson of Jobs' parable is about control, and to that extent, it's a lesson about Jobs himself. He is one of the technology world's great innovators but not because he's an engineer or a programmer. He doesn't have an M.B.A. either. He doesn't even have a college degree. (He dropped out of Reed College after one semester.) Jobs has a great native sense of design and a knack for hiring geniuses, but above all, what he has is a willingness to be a pain in the neck about what matters most...
...Muhammad Baqr al-Hakim Boys' High School, there was actually less security this time than on Jan 30. One reason, he said, is that "the Iraqi security forces have learned from the [previous] elections, and are now more strategically positioned--they don't all crowd around one spot." Another lesson from Jan 30: "We learned which neighborhoods are likely to be troublesome, and which are calm--so we deploy security more intelligently." He said the mood among voters was generally upbeat, but not as joyful as in Jan. 30. "That was the first time people had voted freely...
...your creativity: Teaching doesn’t have to fit the stereotype presented in that classic movie of 1986 (anyone? anyone?): “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” No topic (except perhaps the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act) can prevent good teachers from constructing lesson plans that pique their students’ curiosity. All-star educators can explain the difference between capitalism and communism with a bag of M&M’s and can start any history lesson with an article from the day’s newspaper. Can you?9. Put your knowledge...
...late to win the war in Iraq only if you believe it is already lost or you want the U.S. to lose. People have failed to learn the lesson the insurgents grasped early on: It ain't over till it's over...