Yesterday's 'call' on the WJEC to regrade has just been, well, upgraded to a formal direction - in other words, a ministerial demand.

BBC: Putting the cross into cross border

Recognition of course can take many forms: It can be monetary, it can be a formal performance-related program, or it can be simple words of praise or encouragement from a manager.

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The formal announcement could hardly be more crisp, decorated with a combined 39 quoted words from the CEOs.

ENGADGET: Editorial: A conciliatory Apple would be real innovation

Economists like Robert Reischauer ruffled feathers several years ago by pointing out that talented, driven kids are more likely to go to college in the first place--that they succeed, in other words, because of their innate abilities, not because of their formal education.

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Sudan has made no formal declaration of war, but analysts say Mr Kiir is clearly escalating the war of words.

BBC: South Sudan's Salva Kiir says Sudan has declared war