Word: sectoral
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Kennedy school graduates choose to enter a variety of fields after receiving their degrees. In 1985, 40 percent chose government positions at the federal, state, or local levels; 11 percent chose non-profit agencies; 12 percent entered the private sector. The graduates showed an average starting salary of $28,000 compared to $45,000 for Harvard MBA's, according to the Washington Post...
While high salaries are drawing the nation's best and brightest to the private sector, "talented people should work in the government for at least part of their careers," said John C. Whitehead who last year left his post as co-chairman of Goldman, Sachs and Co. for his current job as deputy secretary of state...
Kennedy school graduates choose to enter a variety of fields after receiving their degrees. In 1985, 40 percent chose government positions at the federal, state, or local levels; 11 percent chose non-profit agencies; 12 percent pursued further education; and 31 percent entered the private sector. The graduates showed an average starting salary of $28,000 compared to $45,000 for Harvard MBA's, according to the Washington Post...
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense J. Jarrett Clinton justified the sale of tobacco products in military commissaries and exchanges at prices between 20 and 35 percent below those of the private sector, despite studies that estimated as much as a 10 percent reduction in smoking among military personnel if these discounts were eliminated. Clinton said that inexpensive tobacco products are important for morale and retention. Despite the continuing sales, he said the Department of Defense has implemented an "intense campaign" to limit smoking in military life and provide programs for those trying to quit the habit...
While professing a horror of deficits, Washington has made them mountainous. While trumpeting tax cuts, the Federal Government last year took 19% more from the private sector than it did in 1982. Last year's farm bill, advertised as a cost saver by Democrats and Republicans, will triple (yes, triple), to $25.5 billion, the cost of supporting crops over what we paid just two years...