Great believers in the idea that working out the answers for yourself is often the most effective approach to problems, they have deliberately created space in their MBA program, whereby students get an opportunity every week to switch off the phone, email and internet and engage in some good old-fashioned reflection.

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Working with the Direct Mail Marketing Association, Mr. Edelman's firm created an opt-out program that helped quell growing objections about junk mail.

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They will deploy consultants to find the winning elements of, say, an after-school program that keeps kids out of trouble by pairing them with volunteers from the working world, like high-powered attorneys who run mock trials.

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Washington (CNN) -- Business and labor negotiators working to hammer out a deal on an immigrant guest worker program have reached broad agreement, a source familiar with the talks said Saturday, eliminating one major hurdle to legislation revamping the nation's immigration system.

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So three years ago, Wood County health officials and advocates began a program to bring schoolchildren out for visits to working farms and, just as important, bring produce from the farms to school cafeterias.

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