Comment A&W a appris à ne pas surestimer l’intelligence de ses clients
Vincent Destouches L’actualité L’un des échecs les plus marquants des Américains en matière d’arithmétique renvoie aux enseignes de restauration rapide McDonald’s et A&W.
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America's Marijuana Revolution: Ganjapreneurs Hit the Jackpot
Der Spiegel, By Anne Seith in Denver, Colorado Since the legalization of marijuana in two US states in January, entrepreneurs and investors have been seeing green. Obse vers believe the industry will grow rapidly and may even rival the Dot.Com boom of the 1990s.
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Les malades mentaux souffrent à cause d'un système de santé malade.
Liz Szabo USA TODAY As states eliminate services for the mentally ill, many fall through the cracks, landing in emergency rooms, jails, city streets or the morgue. States cut $5 billion from mental health services from 2009 to 2012, along with 10% of psychiatric hospital beds. 40% of people with severe mental illness, such as…
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Le gouverneur et les syndicats du secteur public
En 2010 l’année de l’élection du gouverneur républicain Walker du Wisconsin, le principal syndicat du secteur public, l’American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees District Council 48 avait autour de 9,000 membres et des revenus de $7 millions. Les finances de l’État étant critiques, le gouverneur a refusé de négocier avec les syndicats sauf pour…
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It’s Official: The Boomerang Kids Won’t Leave
The New York Times One in five young adults lives with his or her parents. It might be a recessionary blip — or the dawn of a whole new economic age. One in five people in their 20s and early 30s is currently living with his or her parents. And 60 percent of all young…
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Les Noirs à la conquête de l'Ouest
François Duban Vendémiaire ( Disponible à la BAnQ) Présentation de l’éditeur: Ils ont participé, comme le reste de la nation, à la colonisation des terres « sauvages » de l’Ouest, entre défrichement, guerres indiennes et recherche de l’or. Mais pas exactement de la même manière que les autres : perçus comme différents, par les Indiens comme par les…
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Les tribunaux réussiront-ils à faire virer les profs incompétents des universités américaines?
By STEPHANIE SIMON, Politco Pro A court ruling on Tuesday striking down job protections for teachers in California deals a sharp blow to unions — and will likely fuel political movements across the nation to eliminate teacher tenure.
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60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll: The Perfect Child
60 Minutes Most Americans and more mothers say they would let a guilty teen spend a night in jail — those results and more in this month’s poll -Even if technology allowed them to decide what genetic traits their children would have, more than eight out of 10 (83 percent) Americans would leave it up…
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Émission FRONTLINE: United States of Secrets
FRONTLINE doesn’t shy away from difficult topics, as demonstrated by “United States of Secrets” a recent documentary on the activities of the National Security Agency (NSA) in the United States. On this site, visitors can view both parts of the documentary, explore interviews with tech industry experts, learn about journalistic guidelines, and also look over…
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Why Officials Don't Tell the Media Everything
Cass R. Sunstein Bloomberg (…) But when they are able to pose questions, what do Washington journalists want to know? Here is a guide to four common requests, based in large part on my experience in government, that can make public officials reluctant to engage with reporters or provide helpful answers to them. (I do…