Has a college degree just become another societal status symbol like fancy cars or designer clothesGiven my experience, I feel that a college degree would be a lot more valuable if students were required to get some outside experience to supplement their in — class knowledge. Instead of ...
I was midway through a master’s degree at The London School of Economics and Political Science and had been hired as a part-time reporter for a finance website. I got a great one-month review and my boss asked if I was interested in staying with the company after graduation.However, ...
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Sounds a bit alarmist,but one NYU professor is convinced we're heading in the wrong direction as a society. The amount of women enrolled in college in the United States is at an all time high, according to the theWall Street Journal, using data from the U.S. Department of Education. ...
momentum, impulse - an impelling force or strength; "the car's momentum carried it off the road" vigor, vigour, energy, zip - forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's full of zip" intensiveness, intensity - high level or degree; the property of being intense 4....
When I meet Megan at D.C.’s Four Seasons Hotel the next morning, her larger-than-life persona is in full force: Clutching a Louis Vuitton Murakami bag, she walks into the plush hotel suite with model-like precision as if it were her personal runway. But her imposing aura q...
若干年后，其妻向法院申请宣告王锋死亡，法院依法作出宣告死亡判决。经查，王锋结婚后与父母分开生活(其父于1996年10月3日死亡)。王锋因与感情不和且离婚未果而与分居，分居期间王锋盖有楼房6间。王锋遇台风后被人相救，因不想再见而未与家庭联系，独自到南方某市打工。1997年王锋与打工妹陈莹相识并相...
Speaking of basketball, The Wall Street Journal has a story about the remarkable run of NC State to get into the Final Four and the odds titled “This Final Four Team Isn’t a Long Shot. It’s a 23,512-to-1 Miracle” with the subheadline “Three weeks ago, N.C. State had next ...
Entering the well-raked, friendly JL Greene Theatre, we are greeted with a medley of “bird” songs from Bye Bye Birdie to Bird is the Word. This motif continues into Section 1, a performance within a performance on the cruise ship Crystal Prophecy. Scenes from the life of Ruth — a yo...
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