Word: younger
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...resort to questionable tactics, the survey found. Nearly 40% of employees from 18 to 34 said they would act dishonestly to save their jobs, a quarter of them would explicitly lie, and 4% would flirt with their boss for an advantage. It's not clear whether members of the younger generation are simply more forthcoming than their elders about bad behaviors, or whether they're just plain old bad. Probably a bit of both, says Kenny. "They are the newest in the professional world, so they are still learning the professional lessons of integrity and quality," she says. "Sometimes they...
...just college students poses a challenge, with no visual differentiation between master and student. For Walker, however, this is part of the attraction of putting on the show. “This is a story that needs to be told, and it needs to be done by a younger group,” she says. “I think it’s really fascinating to see what happens when you have college students playing all the characters, because then it’s just this messed up world where it doesn’t matter if you?...
...encourage the Japanese to shop rather than stash their cash in safety-deposit boxes, something more than exhortation is needed. "We have to give a sense of security to the population," he says. That implies, given the demographic challenge, real reform of health care and retirement benefits. Even the younger generation, Ozawa says, are "worried that they will not be entitled to any pension benefits." Koll reinforces the point. "Anything that you can do to assure the Japanese people that their retirement future is provided for," he says, "is going to go a long, long way in boosting the economy...
...framework that would stop trying to divide mental problems into discrete all-or-nothing categories. That method is appropriate for some medical problems - you either have leukemia or you don't - but depression, for instance, doesn't work like that. (Read "Why Do the Mentally Ill Die Younger...
...claimed the presidency for himself, reneged on a commitment to Sharif to reinstate the deposed Chief Justice Iftikar Chaudhry, who, along with a raft of other judges, was removed by Musharraf when he imposed emergency rule. Last month, in a controversial ruling, the Supreme Court barred Sharif and his younger brother Shahbaz from standing for elected office. The decision triggered the collapse of the Punjab government led by Shahbaz as Zardari moved swiftly to impose governor's rule on the largest and wealthiest province, handing over control to a key ally, Salmaan Taseer. The Sharifs have since been staging political...