“At this moment in history, millions of 'working dads' are desiring to do what they do not feel they have the right to do: be more devoted as a dad, less devoted as a worker. This feeling is far more ubiquitous among men executives than women executives in many areas of the world because, for instance, Asia-Pacific women executives today are more than six times as likely to not have children than men executives are. The Asia-Pacific executive man is about six times as likely to be a working dad as an executive woman is to be a working mom.” MenWorldFeelsChildrenMomentsFeelingsTodayMillionsMomDadSixAreasWorkersInstanceExecutivesDevotedAsiaPacificWorking Mom Book:Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap--and what Women Can Do about it Source: Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap--and what Women Can Do about it
“No country has a perfect report card. While some countries have strong points in specific areas, they may have serious lacunae in other areas. For instance, some countries have made enormous progress on civil and political rights, but lag in the implementation of economic, social and cultural rights.” MayMadeCountryPoliticalStrongSocialPerfectRightsProgressEconomicSeriousAreasEnormousCardsInstanceReportsImplementationLagPolitical RightsReport Cards Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“I always urge people to do something different, so for instance find something that you have secretly always wanted to try like dancing or boot camps or boxing, and Google search and put your zip code in and find a location- a class or trainer that teaches that in your area.” PeopleTryingDifferentWantedClassTeachAreasDancingInstanceCodeBoxingUrgesCampsBootsGoogleLocationTrainersZipsBoot CampGoogle Search Author:Jackie Warner
“For instance with regard to tourism, that we should be able to target people who are interested in investing in the tourism sector and explain that this is the size of the market, these are the incentives in this particular area, this is the capacity, this is what is needed.” PeopleShouldAbleParticularNeededAreasCapacityRegardInvestingSizeInstanceTargetIncentivesTourism Author:Thabo Mbeki
“The problem is not unique; the challenge is not unique to South Africa. Other African countries have faced it. But in our case, we have got to solve the problem. You have got an institutional traditional leadership, which functions in a particular way, in for instance, your communal areas.” WayCountryProblemChallengesCasesParticularUniqueAreasFunctionSouthSolveTraditionalInstanceSouth Africa Author:Thabo Mbeki
“For instance, the Persian Gulf War was a miniature world war. It took place in a small geographical area. In this sense it was a local war. But it was one that made use of all the power normally reserved for global war.” WorldMadeWarUseAreasLocalsInstanceWar Of The WorldsWorld War IReservedPersianMiniaturesGulf WarPersian Gulf Author:Paul Virilio
“We know there are certain types of viruses that are nasty - influenza, for instance, is an area that is not a blindside. But a lot of viruses have come out of nowhere, like H.I.V., or to a certain extent SARS. Because we know we have the potential to be blindsided, we really have to investigate the unknowns.” KnowsCertainTypeAreasInstanceNastyVirusesInfluenzaSars Author:Nathan Wolfe