Word: willingness
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Rotimi Adebari snaps his fingers. "The change happened just like that," he says, and--as he leans forward in his chair to speak, warm but convincing at the same time--it's easy to see why Adebari, 43, was elected mayor of Portlaoise, making him the first black mayor in...
'The talk-show circuit is fine, but the town meetings show you're willing to listen to people and take their questions.' MITT ROMNEY, Republican presidential hopeful, making an early jab at opponent Fred Thompson, who is expected to announce his candidacy on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on...
Her work was supported by the NewSchools Venture Fund, a philanthropic investment fund started by two venture capitalists and Kim Smith, who launched it as her project when she had a fellowship at the Aspen Institute, of which I am president. For the past three summers, fund members have convened...
The attendees decided that they needed a "harbor master" in New Orleans, someone who could coordinate the various organizations, funders and school operators. So one of the group, Matt Candler, was recruited to become Sarah's chief executive officer at New Schools for New Orleans. Matt had a great job...
Now, consider the second category. There are jobs we would like society to do but feel we cannot afford it. Most of them are just the kind of therapeutically unpleasant tasks - such as emptying bedpans at nursing homes - that volunteerism enthusiasts are anxious to force young people to do for...