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...jobs are scarce and growing scarcer in Arab countries. The region already faces 15% unemployment, and 90 million new jobs will be needed by 2020 to accommodate the swell of young workers, according to the World Bank. When Bruder, 59, met with employers who operate in the region, however, they complained of posts left unfilled for lack of skilled professionals. "They had all these university graduates who had no clue how to hold meetings or run spreadsheets or even how to dress at an office," he says. So he formulated a deceptively simple-sounding plan: his Education for Employment Foundation...
...fitness sites that logged the greatest swell in visits this month was the official website for Biggest Loser's tough-love trainer, Jillian Michaels, one of three personal trainers featured on the show. Michaels, who was absent last season from the U.S. version of the show (other countries, including Australia and England, have their own versions), hosts the 11th most visited site in the wellness category, capturing more than 2% of all visits. Michaels' site is two places ahead of the official Biggest Loser Club site, which accounts for 1.5% of all visits to the category...
...Sharif has become the spearhead of a burgeoning anti-Musharraf movement, one that will continue to swell no matter what happens. Eight years ago Musharraf overthrew Sharif to popular acclaim. Now the man he supplanted could be the one who will be his undoing. Homecoming is always sweet. But revenge is even sweeter...
...would say Graham is not a nice guy, but hagiography does little justice to history. As an evangelist, Graham helped swell the ranks of those vulnerable to political propaganda and right-wing ideology. In the wars his President pals waged, he stood right by their side, lending his prestige to their policies. He has helped lead the nation toward theocracy and abolishment of the constitutional separation of church and state. Perhaps more dangerous than any other encouragement of hubris, Graham has provided a model for President George W. Bush's belief that God directs his every move...
...would say Graham is not a nice guy, but hagiography does little justice to history. As an evangelist, Graham helped swell the ranks of those vulnerable to political propaganda and right-wing ideology. In the wars his President pals waged, he stood right by their side, lending his prestige to their policies. He has helped lead the nation toward theocracy and abolishment of the constitutional separation of church and state. Perhaps more dangerous than any other encouragement of hubris, Graham has provided a model for President George W. Bush's belief that God directs his every move. David Ray, Tucson...