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Obama Pledge Stirs Hope in Early Education
by SAM DILLON CHICAGO — It was the morning after the presidential election, and Matthew Melmed, executive director of Zero to Three, a national organization devoted to early childhood education, could barely contain his exultation. Mr. Melmed fired off an e-mail message to his board…
Author: The New York Times
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Encore Careers Summit: 'Growling and kicking for social change,' by Gara LaMarche
Original Source In a rousing call to action at the Encore Careers Summit, Gara LaMarche (at right) urged older Americans to heed the call to service that was a hallmark of President-elect Barack Obama’s campaign as well as push for policy changes that will help…
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Alzheimer test could transform diagnosis
A Belfast doctor has received a US research award for his work on the development of a blood test for Alzheimer’s, something that could transform diagnosis of the disease by Marina Murphy STEPHEN TODD of the department of geriatric medicine at Queen’s University Belfast hopes…
Author: Irish Times
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Secretive Philanthropist Breaks Long Silence
By Marty Michaels On an otherwise unremarkable day in November 1984, Charles F. (Chuck) Feeney arrived in Nassau, the Bahamas, as one of the wealthiest men in America, having quietly amassed a fortune based on a global empire of duty-free shops that sold liquor and…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy