It is that he is reaping the benefit of a long-term influence on the views of his compatriots that no contemporary politician can rival.

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Even when institutional investors like pension funds try to work within the system, using their significant, long-term shareholder standing to exert influence on corporate boards, they have been turned back.

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With more than forty percent of American workers reporting chronic workplace stress, the long-term impact of stress and its influence on the human creative condition and business can be detrimental, says Rick Hanson PhD, a California based neuropsychologist and author of Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time.

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Amid the euphoria of the present multi-year run and unprecedented expectations, AAPL bulls refuse to consider factors that can influence and should tip us off about that long-term picture.

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So if these long-term trends continue, women, who are already the majority of car buyers, will grow in consumer influence in every major area: from health care to home buying, from technology to investment planning.

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