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...difficult to elicit farmers' cooperation because elephants often destroy farm and forest lands. And because of agricultural expansion and an increase in the number of individual farms, elephant habitats are diminishing, and farmers are generally not committed to wildlife or land conservation...
...bill would increase salaries in the House, for federal judges, and for top executive branch officials by at least 35 percent and often by closer to 40 percent...
...Divinity School seems trivial compared to the far more dangerous trend of equating Zionism as racism through the Israel-South Africa analogy. Let us not forget the wisdom of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., an ardent supporter of the state of Israel, who warned that anti-Zionism often acts as a shield for anti-Semitism. Glen I.A. Schwaber...
Casually mention that your Yale acceptance letter is crumpled up somewhere in the corner of your desk. Note that your mother begged you not to chose Yale over Harvard. And for the coup de grace, say you really should have chosen Yale, as safety schools often prove to be the best choice...
...giving the worker a greater sense of importance was not enough. A change in corporate philosophy was needed, the sort of disruptive and often expensive change that works only if the commitment starts at the top. In companies where impressive quality gains have been made -- Ford, Hewlett-Packard, 3M, Corning Glass, Apple, Motorola and Rubbermaid -- the chief executive lays down the rules and makes sure they are followed. Says Rubbermaid Chairman Stanley Gault: "Everyone has to know that shoddy work will not be tolerated. Our customers are not there to field-test our products." At Apple, says Chairman John Sculley...