Word: playground
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...Americans alike on exchanges both in the U.S. and overseas. The U.S. should not outsource markets by placing a divide between America and the rest of the world. Do regulators hoping to ease oil prices really want the dollar price of oil determined in Dubai, the backyard playground of the largest oil exporter? With the proposed regulation, foreign oil suppliers will have a greater futures-market share. The oil market will become more susceptible to manipulation by these suppliers...
...year or more during their prime childbearing age. Most working mothers, the Census Bureau reports, are back in the workforce within a year of having a child; better-educated women and those who can afford to drop out are actually less likely to. Rather than the pull of the playground, 86% of women in one survey cited the push of a hostile or inflexible workplace as their reason for leaving their jobs...
...their social circle who always had a smile on his face.Lucas R. Toffoli ’09, a resident of Mather House, first met Cosby in kindergarten. The two quickly bonded during recess, and by second grade, they could often be seen running around the King Open School playground and “terrorizing” others by pretending to be Ninja Turtles scaling the jungle gym.Though Toffoli acknowledged that he and Cosby drifted apart the following year, he said that he saw his fellow bright-eyed Ninja Turtle become a high school senior much respected within his circle...
...there is no leadership gene. While studies might find a certain trait to be significant, there always seems to be considerable evidence that fails to confirm that trait’s importance. Context is often more important than traits. The athletic child who is the natural leader on the playground may lose that dominant position when the group returns to a well structured classroom. For example, in January 1940, Winston Churchill was regarded as a failed politician, but after the British defeat in France, he was seen as a charismatic leader who could rally the nation. Churchill?...
...there is no leadership gene. While studies might find a certain trait to be significant, there always seems to be considerable evidence that fails to confirm that trait’s importance. Context is often more important than traits. The athletic child who is the natural leader on the playground may lose that dominant position when the group returns to a well structured classroom. For example, in January 1940, Winston Churchill was regarded as a failed politician, but after the British defeat in France, he was seen as a charismatic leader who could rally the nation. Churchill?...