It runs Inspiring the Future and launched Speakers for Schools, projects which encourage people from different professions to visit state schools and talk about their jobs.

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Our members are Chinese American pioneers in different professions.

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The data was compiled by surveying hourly wages in 14 different professions, taking into account working hours, paid vacation and legal holidays, and converting them into American dollars over six weeks between early March and mid-April 2009.

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The 700 or so guests at the lunch included young people and representatives of different trades, crafts and professions from around the country, with the National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain providing music during the meal.

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In the case of Estonia, for example, the Ministry of Economics and Communications was able to provide a list of professions in demand in different areas, but there was no way of finding out the specific kinds of professionals needed in each area.

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Girlguiding UK say they are working with Everywoman - a UK-wide membership organisation for women in business - to create a series of "day in the life" videos, featuring successful women in a range of different careers shedding light on the reality of their professions.

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Long before there was an American Arbitration Association, antagonists in business and the professions who feared the abstrusities of law courts had a different means of alternative dispute resolution:the duel.

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It binds together people from different social strata and ethnic background with diverse social practices, beliefs, professions and languages.

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