Op-ed
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According to some English-only activists who always seem to re-emerge in election year, and even former treasury secretary Lawrence H. Summers, English’s pre-eminence as a global lingua franca …
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Daniel Ward
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3/22/12
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We, who lead non-profit human service agencies, have spent the last several years re-inventing the way we do business. While we are all committed to doing “good works,” we are also …
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Carlene Casciano-McCann
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3/22/12
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12 views
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Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or another. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service …
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Marie Ghazal and Vincent Marzullo
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3/15/12
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38 views
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On Jan. 31, 2011, President Obama declared February National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, stating, “This declaration reflects our nation’s growing understanding that …
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Beatrice Lanzi
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3/15/12
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NEUMONT COLLEGE: A recent editorial advocated against allowing Neumont College, the Utah-based, for-profit technology college, to open its doors in Rhode Island. Three major R.I. companies that have …
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This week marks National Sunshine Week, a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Participants include news media, civic groups, …
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Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin
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3/15/12
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The Rhode Island Hospitality Association (RIHA) believes the proposed increase in the meals and beverage tax contained in Governor Lincoln Chafee’s budget proposal is a shortsighted attempt to …
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Dale Venturini
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3/13/12
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YODA
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Editor’s note: We received this story from Donna in December and it was supposed to run then but it was misplaced and it never ran. We regret the error. It is a very sad day today; we received …
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Donna M. Roy
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3/8/12
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59 views
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The world's largest energy companies just released their fourth-quarter earnings. Though slightly less than the previous quarter's gains, the figures were, nonetheless, headline-grabbing. Chevron …
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Robert Bradley, Jr.
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3/1/12
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37 views
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Earlier this month, the President's jobs bill failed in the Senate. Now the White House intends to break up the bill and gin up sufficient Republican support to pass key pieces. "We will now work …
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Kmele Foster
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3/1/12
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8 views
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