No business has invested more money -- or creativity -- in education than New England Electric Wire Corp.

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For many parents, the emphasis on creativity and analytical thinking in U.S. education makes the expense of sending a child to study abroad worthwhile.

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Jobs has confessed that his ouster from Apple had been instrumental in his education and allowed him to develop his creativity and leadership.

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The idea, says Aline Wong, Singapore's senior minister of state for health and education, is to allow government hospitals greater flexibility and creativity in how they serve patients.

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Their education must provide the knowledge and nurture the creativity that will allow our nation to thrive in the new economy.

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