But my pledge should be fairly easy to fulfill given the general excellence of the 2011 vintage in Germany.

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As Editor-in-chief of Wired, Chris led the magazine to two dozen National Magazine Award nominations, winning the prestigious top prize for general excellence in 2005, 2007 and 2009.

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The newspaper, which has a circulation of about 35, 000 and is available online, has won several awards from the Catholic Press Association, including for general excellence for 13 straight years.

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Tyco hired Gursahaney away from General Electric as vice president of operational excellence.

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The Healthier Together programme has said it wants to create specialist centres of excellence at Bedford, Kettering General, Luton and Dunstable, Milton Keynes and Northampton hospitals.

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After being so completely moved and inspired by her own experience, Marturano invited her friend Saki Santorelli to co-develop a mindful leadership curricula and together began teaching retreats and courses at General Mills that combined the basics of mindfulness with the training of leadership excellence.

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