The study also noted the importance of a work environment that is supportive of and recognizes the role of fathers as both workers and parents.

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He says he's aware of the importance of the work he is doing, given the strength of Microsoft rivals like Google and Yahoo.

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He theorized that just as the credibility of an academic work is often weighted by the number and diversity of other works it cites, the importance of any given Web page could also be determined by the number of other pages to which it is linked.

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He said that the fact that the suspect is a blond Norwegian man should underscore the importance of allowing police to do their work before drawing any conclusions.

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It is also expected to work with families to understand the importance of education for their daughters.

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And for all of my friends on Capitol Hill who give speeches every day about jobs, the importance of jobs, putting people to work, this is not the time to be laying off 70, 000 construction workers.

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And one interesting change in the importance of location is that newly minted graduates of MIT and Harvard want to live and work in an urban environment rather than living in the suburbs and commuting to an office park near a major urban ring road.

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Collaborative work style is another (generally) female trait that is often undervalued, but of key importance in the workplace.

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