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Letter From the Editor:
Counting Down to 100
By: Robert SafianJune 1, 2010

My grandfather used to paint. He wasn't particularly good at it, but he found it calming. He would also make collages with found objects. I look at his work sometimes and try to figure out the stories he was trying to tell (he's been gone for 35 years). I see something different every time.

My grandfather wasn't an artist. He had a dressmaking business. If you looked at him, you wouldn't have guessed he was a creative person. He was conservative in his bearing, his style. But he did design most of the clothing his firm produced.

That's the way creativity is: plainly obvious or visible only from the right vantage point.

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Posted: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 11:51 AM by Steve Veres
Filed Under: Celebs

Looks like you've got a fan in a high place, Willard.

During a stop at Jerry's Family Restaurant in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, President Barack Obama greeted Frances Asher, 107.

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Knowledge@Wharton, 02.04.10, 03:35 PM EST

The final word from Davos isn't exactly encouraging.

Delegates to the just-ended World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, found plenty of positive economic signs–but not enough to keep them from wringing their hands. The consensus at the five-day gathering called for strong growth in emerging markets like China, India and Brazil, and poor growth in Japan and much of Europe, with the United States somewhere in between. The Forum's official statement called the global recovery "fragile." (See Wharton management professor Michael Useem's op-ed on the event.)

Nouriel Roubini, a New York University economics professor who at the Davos meeting three years ago predicted the financial crisis, sent jitters through the meeting with his forecast for a slow recovery worldwide, "subpar growth" and risk of a double-dip, or second recession. Yet most speakers viewed the world as better off than it was a year ago.

The question remains: What's next? Will the world's economic recovery–assuming it has started–follow the hoped-for V pattern, form a less desirable but acceptable U or turn into a much feared W? There was little agreement on how the recovery will proceed. Threats, like panic sparked by a possible government bond default in Greece or Spain, could roil the financial markets and world economy, many said.

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We’ve posted some new videos for you! Inspirational talks and interviews from inspirational people. With Richard Branson, Dr. Stephen Covey, Tony Robbins,
His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Mattie Stepanek.

Posted by Richard C. Longworth on Thursday, November 19, 2009

Try Googling “Southern studies” and see what pops up. From the University of Virginia to Ole Miss, it seems that every school in Dixie has a curriculum devoted to the South — its history, economy, culture, triumphs and grievances.

Now try Googling “Midwestern studies.” Don’t worry, it won’t take long. A couple of societies exist to promote Midwestern literature. A college or two teach Native American history in the region. And that’s all.

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