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Americans increasingly stuff holiday stockings with gifts for themselves
The Washington Post: They say it’s better to give than to receive, but They haven’t been to the mall lately. Americans are doing more and more holiday shopping for themselves, data over the last decade
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Holograms are here, from Tupac to Marilyn Monroe. Will you be next?
The Washington Post: In 2007,a television ad featured a delighted Orville Redenbacher plugged into a new digital music player and proclaiming his popcorn to be as light and fluffy as the miniature device in his
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Good Versus Effective Leadership
The New York Times: The Lance Armstrong case is like many other instances involving the evaluation of leaders. The key problem is that we equate leader effectiveness with being a good leader. It isn’t enough
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The Unexpected Impact of Coded Appeals
The New York Times: After signing into law the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson famously told an aide, “we just delivered the South to the Republican Party for a long
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‘Power Punch Broccoli’? New Names Spice Up Veggies
ABC: Forget plain old carrots and boring broccoli. Rebranding these veggies as “X-ray Vision Carrots” or “Power Punch Broccoli” helps more kids eat healthy at school, according to a new study. The study, published in
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The Gregarious Salesman: Death of a Stereotype
The Huffington Post: I had to buy a car recently, my first in many years, and I confess I couldn’t stop thinking about Jerry Lundegaard. Jerry Lundegaard is a Minneapolis car salesman, and the central
