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...Lions live somewhere between 15-20 years, depending on their environment and the dangers they encounter. Although no one knows what happened to him after 1973, we can be certain that Christian left the world long ago. But thanks to YouTube and this book, Rendall and Bourke have been able to retell the story themselves. Packed with photos and amusing anecdotes - one time he walked in on someone showering! - A Lion Called Christian is an unabashedly stirring tale of a rare bond formed between humans and an animal. It is not overly sentimental or cloying because it doesn't need...
...another manager you peg as particularly sympathetic - make your request in as businesslike a way as possible. If the firm is going to continue to profit from a big client you landed even after you're gone, mention that. It should be worth something extra. If leaving means forgoing certain pension benefits, ask to be compensated in cash. If you moved to a new city for your job and now you'll probably leave, ask the company to pay for relocation. (See the worst business deals...
...industry will be the very same; their desire to build reputation and trust will continue. Their principles and standards of conduct, never perfect and always human, will carry over into the new economy. Even the customers of the news—citizens desirous of being well informed or requiring certain information—will stay constant. Only the format will change. To the young people who discover those formats: Cheers!—you earned it. To the Gazettes, Heralds, and Registers who could not keep up and are assuredly not playing Monopoly anymore: Do not collect...
With 60 million adults falling under its label, obesity has reached crisis levels in the United States. Perhaps most alarmingly, 12.5 million children are overweight, putting them at an increased risk for a host of diseases in adulthood, including diabetes, coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, and certain forms of cancer. These risks do not affect personal health alone—the costs of obesity to the U.S. economy have been estimated at over a hundred billion dollars...
...officials say all this effort is bearing fruit. "We are on track to meet the hiring goals set forth by former President Bush in 2004, which mandated that we increase by 50% the number of CIA officers in certain job occupations, such as intelligence analysts and clandestine officers," says Little...