In it Townsend mocks many of the sacred cows of corporate life.

ECONOMIST: Guru

The conclusion is the three concerts of sacred music which occupied Duke for the last decade of his life and which he regarded as the most important thing he had done.

ECONOMIST: Reminiscing in tempo

There is no moment in our national life more sacred than the ritual of casting one's vote in a presidential election.

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We unite, recognizing that such crises call on all of us to act, recognizing that there but for the grace of God go I, recognizing that life's most sacred responsibility -- one affirmed, as Hillary said, by all of the world's great religions -- is to sacrifice something of ourselves for a person in need.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Speaks at National Prayer Breakfast

In the life of our nation, there are few more sacred places than our national cemeteries -- around the world, at Arlington and our national cemeteries across the country.

WHITEHOUSE: Honoring the Troops on Memorial Day

Whether we are home with kids, have become empty nesters or never took the relationship leap, making time for every element of life we hold dear often means working evenings and sacred weekends as we text, email, Skype and kiss foreheads goodnight.

FORBES: Independent Business Women Now Determine Economic as Well as Political Agendas