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...Private-sector apprenticeships have long been a mainstay of Germany's robust vocational-education program - so much so that in 2004, 58% of students finished high school with three-year training contracts in hand. Historically, more than two-thirds of the trainees end up with permanent job offers by the time those contracts are up. And despite increasing pressure from globalization and a shrinking labor market at home, 23% of all German companies continue to offer apprenticeships, a remarkable statistic, given that it takes into account every one-man shop as well as every megacorporation...
...Wyoming's majestic menagerie. The kind of activity on view depends on the time of year. May's awkward newborns turn into playful calves during Wyoming's short-lived summer, gamboling through meadows of white phlox, buttercups and yellow bells. Fall features the fluttering of brilliant gold aspen and robust red cottonwood trees and the distinctive opportunity to hear elk bugling?the characteristic mating call of the bull elk. In winter, large animals move less, making them easier to spot; moose, deer, bison and thousands of elk are frequently sighted. Springtime, meanwhile, carries the tantalizing possibility of seeing bears emerge...
...forces from having enough resources to do the job, the failure to retain and reconstitute the Iraqi military in time to help quell civil disorder, the initial denial that an insurgency was the heart of the opposition to occupation, alienation of allies who could have helped in a more robust way to rebuild Iraq, and the continuing failure of the other agencies of our government to commit assets to the same degree as the Defense Department. My sincere view is that the commitment of our forces to this fight was done with a casualness and swagger that are the special...
...door, "It's been nice knowing you." The Treasury Secretary is partly about inspiring confidence in the markets, so it was no help when the Bloomberg terminal beloved by traders and analysts carried the headline Wednesday morning, "Treasury's Snow Suffers From Faint Support in Robust Economy...
...still has a challenge to put in place systems that are robust enough to give managers assurance that they know what's happening. But if you take the oil-for-food issue, let's remember that the real corruption was between Saddam Hussein and thousands of companies...