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...Leanne Wilson doesn't care: the treaty's done nothing for her, she says. Three years ago the single mother bought a takeaway food shop in the tiny Coromandel town of Waitakaruru. "I did it all myself," she says. "I don't get anything from the iwi (tribes). The Maori Development Ministry gave me advice, but that's it. I stood on my own feet." For some New Zealanders, like Maori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia, the treaty is more about standing side by side. It "created the partnership between two peoples of this country - one the colonizer, the other...
...greatest number of students who could not accept Harvard’s early offer of admission because of an Early Decision commitment attended Yale, followed by Stanford—although one such takeaway was scored by the University of Indiana at Bloomington. Princeton did not allow its Early Decision candidates to apply early elsewhere...
...second in the MVP voting this week in a close race with Raiders QB Rich Gannon. But while all the attention is on the quarterback position, don't discount the disruptive nature of both defenses. The Falcons amassed 47 sacks (4th most in NFL) and finished with a +12 takeaway ratio. The Packers led the league with 45 takeaways...
...seen. "He was always the brightest in his classes," says Chen Chia-cheng, his sixth-grade teacher. "He used to finish his homework for the night before lunchtime." His classmates recall a studious, diminutive boy, annoyingly prim, his hand shooting up to provide correct answers to teachers' queries. The takeaway from his childhood successes: as long as you have boned up on whatever subject is at hand, you will succeed. That principle carried him through a successful career as a lawyer and eventually stints as a legislator and as mayor of Taipei. Despite Chen's success, the grasping...
...township, "because he knew he would lose if he did." He was the kind of student whose academic reputation preceded him wherever he went: he was first in his class in elementary school, middle school and high school. His studiousness and scholastic achievement were his defining attributes. The takeaway from his childhood successes: as long as you are prepared, boned up on whatever subject is at hand, you will succeed...