"But I was climbing because at that time I had an agenda behind for what is happening to this world, " he adds.
What we are looking at here is not what theory says ought to happen: this is what actually does happen out in the real world.
What is a winning idea in this world of real-time optimization, where the idea is never static, but constantly shifting by design?
This is what our world values.
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On the other hand, the reality is this is a competitive world right now and what happens to your kids in the classroom will probably have more to do with how our economy does over the next 20 years than just about anything we do.
But while Roswell might not have much, what it does have is out of this world.
This is one of the things that's changed in the world economy over the last two or three decades, is that this is a global economy now, and what happens anywhere in the world can have an impact here in the United States.
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This is what France did after their World War I devaluation, which reduced the value of the franc by about a factor of five.
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But what I've found is that in this world of how-to books and writer's advice and so forth, and in Kansas City we don't have writer's workshops like you do in the East or the West Coast, but in all these things the discussion is entirely about fiction.
What makes this story so riveting is this couple's attempt to literally create their own world, and their quiet grace and dignity when that world collapsed, especially with the deaths of their two adolescent sons.
Local amid the global is what makes this book relevant to the business world, especially entrepreneurs.
In this world something like what Quiggen is proposing might well be the best we can do.
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Electronics manufacturer JVC of Japan this week introduced what it says is the world's first high-definition-capable video camcorder aimed at consumers.
Most of them have a surplus of clever ideas about what to do with the money (this is a world of task-forces and initiatives, of research agendas and development projects).
In the meantime, what is IBM doing to itself by way of proof points, and what does that tell about this world of data sharing?
And this is what people in other parts of the world mean when they say they want American-style higher education.
And this is not the first time What A Wonderful World's generosity of spirit has been juxtaposed with less-than-cheerful imagery.
What you will recognise is that this is from the ordinary world.
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The question is, What is this going to change, and how will the world and its customers adapt themselves to a Wal-Mart world?
Now, what is also true is that each country in this interconnected world has its own culture and its own history and its own traditions.
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"Being part of a project that not only taps into the recent renewed interest in space, but also provides a connection between people and the rest of the world is what is most intriguing about this project, " Richard Holdaway Director, RAL Space.
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So just to pick up on one point of perhaps disagreement, I would say that the thing that we need to be focused on, and I hope we will spend some serious time talking about it tonight is, what are the dynamics at work in this world?
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This is what we have managed to attain in Europe and what we aim to preserve in this part of the world.
What makes all this perverse is that Argentina sits on possibly the world's third-biggest reserves of shale hydrocarbons.
The quality of food and drink is what makes this resort one of the best in the world.
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