Word: mastering
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Hollywood television and film actress Ashley Judd recently enrolled in the Harvard Kennedy School’s Mid-Career Master in Public Administration (MC/MPA) program, according to her publicist, Cara Tripicchio...
Past recipients of master's degrees in Public Administration at the Kennedy School include Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon...
...although he has junked many of the economic promises he made [July 13]. He has failed to deliver results to indigenous Australians and he has delivered no substantial results to reduce carbon emissions. I understand the realpolitik of managing the Australia-U.S.-China relationship, but Rudd is the master of self-promotion: great on words but short on action. I would have called him Mr. Posturing, not Mr. World. Martin Gordon, Canberra...
...read by looking at books printed in manuscript rather than cursive, they should learn to write the same way. By World War II, manuscript, or print writing, was in standard use across the U.S. Today schoolchildren typically learn print in kindergarten, cursive in third grade. But they don't master either one. Over the decades, daily handwriting lessons have decreased from an average of 30 minutes...
...there is an existing group of providers that health reformers are hoping can help fill this gap: nurse practitioners. Depending on the state in which they practice, nurse practitioners, with advanced training often including master's degrees in nursing, can often treat patients and diagnose ailments as well as prescribe medication. And they can do these things at a lower cost than doctors - Medicare, for example, reimburses nurse practitioners 85% of what is paid to doctors for the same services...