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“On Tuesday, Ms. [Mary] Barra, 51, completed a remarkable personal odyssey when she was

named as the next chief executive of G.M.—and the first woman to ascend to the top job at a

major auto company.”

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“A big reason America is falling behind other countries in science and math is that we have

effectively written off a huge chunk of our population as uninterested in those fields or

incapable of succeeding in them.”

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“Last month the N.B.A. issued 21 fines and suspensions—a punitive spree that amounted to

about $602,882.”

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“The inspiration for the original “Anchorman” came one evening more than a decade ago when

Mr. Ferrell was watching a television documentary about Jessica Savitch, one of the first

women to anchor news telecasts.”

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“Cowbirds are brood parasites, meaning they lay their eggs in the nests of other bird species,

thus unloading the messy and demanding business of chick-rearing.”

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“Instead of striving to make work fun, managers should concentrate on creating the

conditions in which a variety of personality types, from the excitable to the naturally

downbeat, can flourish.”

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“In the first step to formally eradicating a thrilling but dangerous staple of the game—and an

emphatic response to the concussion crisis that has gripped other sports—Major League

Baseball’s rules committee voted Wednesday to eliminate home-plate collisions.

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