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...Developmental Psychology, looked at 452 boys from a variety of backgrounds. The researchers found that boys who are granted high social status by their classmates are not only the "model" children who are smart, cool, athletic and respectful. Fully a third are boys who use aggression to achieve and maintain their popularity. Philip Rodkin, lead researcher for the study, says that while aggression can be alienating, it can also make a kid powerful and popular at a young...
...keeping its management energies narrowly focused on software, Microsoft could continue its dominance in the operating system and web software markets. In any case, Microsoft's management style, a delicate balance between top-heavy control of product content and maverick innovation in the trenches, would be impossible to maintain in a conglomerate such as Viacom. So while the breadth of a firm such as AOL Time Warner, with holdings in varied markets, may seem more daunting than a group of nerdy guys from Washington State, Microsoft remains a force to be reckoned with...
...organizations would be required to maintain a minimum number of members and house advisers and either become co-ed or affiliate with an opposite-sex organization. CFS members would also have to fulfill a community service requirement...
...coach Dave Wannstedt has promised to shake things up in the clubhouse, and the recent upheaval of the Dolphin coaching staff has shown that, at the very least, he will not maintain the status...
...when campaign finance reform is a hot-button issue, with millions of Americans showing a desire for far-reaching modifications of the system, the Supreme Court appears to have approved at least some efforts at change. In a ruling Monday, the high court allowed the state of Missouri to maintain its six-year-old $1,000 cap on contributions to candidates in state races. Last year, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals found the limit unconstitutionally limited free speech because it hampered the ability of candidates to raise funds to promote their candidacies. It based its argument, in part...