Other best-sellers by Covey include "First Things First, " "Principle-Centered Leadership, " and "The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness, " according to the biography.

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Gender equality is a human rights principle, a precondition for sustainable, people-centered development, and it is a goal in and of itself.

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In principle, such an approach would appear well justified, as our financial system has become less bank-centered and because activities or risk-taking not permitted to regulated institutions have a way of migrating to other financial firms or markets.

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