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		<title><![CDATA[Will MBA Oaths Mean More Ethical Behavior?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/mba/?p=813]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[With so much talk about the plummeting value of the MBA brand, it's only natural that graduating students are taking steps to distance themselves from the ethical breaches made by some of their predecessors. At Harvard Business School, more than 20 percent of this year's graduating class has taken an...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:49:05 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MBA Students Take Oath of Conduct for Managers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/harvard/?p=2348]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Almost a third of Harvard Business School's graduating MBA class have so far signed an oath pledging them to conduct their business dealings with integrity, lawfullness and to serve society as a whole.    The pledge, crafted by several HBS students and now spreading across other business schools,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:58:56 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. House of Representatives Lynn Jenkins]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4179/is_20081019/ai_n30928020]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By James Carlson   THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL   Kansas Treasurer Lynn Jenkins is ready to step to the national stage in the U.S. House of Representatives after rising through the state Republican ranks, from the Kansas House to the Kansas Senate before becoming the state treasurer in 2002. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Germany&#39;s Conti finally says &#39;Yes&#39; to Schaeffler deal]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BERLIN AFP &#8212; After weeks of hard bargaining, German tyre maker Continental finally said 'Yes' on Thursday to the advances of compatriot Schaeffler to create a new global auto parts giant.  But family-owned Schaeffler was forced to raise its offer to 75 euros (111.15 dollars) per share from 70.12...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["I know how to win wars" - Senator John McCain, Republican candidate for the White House, rejecting his Democrat rival Barack Obama's pledge to cut US troops in Iraq.  "We have cheese on toast, they have croque monsieur. They just have posher names" - Top chef Gordon Ramsay pictured,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[G8 buries climate pledges -- in time capsule]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200807/ai_n27897019]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[TOYAKO, Japan AFP &#8212; Group of Eight leaders meeting here wrangled over the timeframe to fight global warming, but they have a set deadline when their pledges will be reviewed -- in 100 years.  Their summit documents, along with current newspapers, will be buried in a time capsule at...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Thousands promise to shave heads if Spain wins Euro 2008]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID AFP &#8212; Thousands of supporters of the Spanish national team have vowed to shave their heads if their side wins the Euro 2008 football championship.  Spanish sports daily Marca has been urging fans to sign an online petition promising to go bald if Spain wins the title and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bush&#39;s pledge fails to calm SKorea&#39;s beef protests]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL AFP &#8212; Street protests against US beef imports showed no sign of abating on Sunday despite President George W. Bush's pledge to help ease South Koreans' concerns over mad cow disease.  Thousands of protesters clashed with riot police in central Seoul in demonstrations that ran into the early...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Earth Day is about you, too]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmusa/is_200804/ai_n25344081]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Looking for some ways to     celebrate Earth Day? Check out these events and activities across the country:     Take a pledge     to save energy. The Environmental Protection Agency is launching a year-long "Change the World: Start with Energy Star"...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[&#39;You have my pledge&#39;]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmusa/is_200804/ai_n25133245]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[There is no excuse for the Federal Aviation Administration's part in the Southwest Airlines incident. The failures of a few do tremendous injustice to the hard work and dedication of the thousands of FAA safety inspectors, mechanics, and other industry and government safety professionals who keep our skies safe every...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Israel army dismantles 10 West Bank roadblocks]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[JERUSALEM AFP &#8212; The Israeli army dismantled on Thursday 10 roadblocks in the West Bank, as part of a pledge to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to remove 50 in the occupied region, an army spokeswoman said.  The roadblocks were removed from areas near the towns of Ramallah,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CCAGW Earmark Reform Pledge Gathering Steam]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_March_21/ai_n25335910]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- In November, 2007, the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste CCAGW unveiled its Earmark Reform Pledge at a press conference attended by members of Congress and representatives of other taxpayer watchdog groups. The pledge features ten principles designed to bring increased transparency and accountability to the spending process....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[I pledge allegiance to the ...queen?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON -- Britain wants students to pledge allegiance to Queen Elizabeth, similar to how Americans say the pledge to the U.S. flag.     A pledge to the monarch, to be said at a "coming of age" ceremony when teenagers graduate the equivalent of high school, was among...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[No CURIA, No Support&ndash;CU Lobby Says It Can&rsquo;t Back Plan]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[An effort to get long-sought regulatory relief measures through Congress dissipated almost as quickly as it appeared last week after the credit union lobby rejected the bid.  Both CUNA and NAFCU turned down an offer to attach the Reg Relief provisions to the so-called Wal-Mart Bank bill because the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[WVU Eye Institute Receives $100,000 Grant From Lions]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The West Virginia University Eye Institute recently received a $100,000 grant from the West Virginia Lions Sight Conservation Foundation, The donation, announced Jan. 27 during the state Lions Leadership School in Morgantown, is the largest pledge made by the Sight Conservation Foundation in its history. "The WVU Eye Institute is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ACLJ & Members of Congress Ask Federal Court to Uphold Constitutionality of Pledge of Allegiance Including Phrase "under God"]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Jan_18/ai_n24236423]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The American Center for Law and Justice ACLJ, specializing in constitutional law, today filed an amicus brief on behalf of more than 50 members of Congress asking a federal district court in New Hampshire to reject a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Pledge of Allegiance because it...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[China pushes World Bank aid group pledges to record high]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BERLIN AFP &#8212; The World Bank body that aids the poorest countries said Friday that donors had made record pledges for the next three years at a conference here, including China's first-ever contribution.  The International Development Association IDA said at the end of a two-day donors' conference in Berlin...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[US pledges 30 pct more funding to World Bank poverty fight]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200712/ai_n21158761]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AFP &#8212; The United States boosted its pledged contribution to the World Bank arm that aids the world's poorest countries by 30 percent, to 3.7 billion dollars, the US Treasury said Friday.  The pledge of 3.7 billion dollars to the International Development Association for 2008 to 2011 is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Liberia has made great progress, but it still needs our help ]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TWO events over the past few days have once again underlined the great strides forward the West African country of Liberia is making in recovering from the devastating effects of civil war. One was the arrest on Friday of the former head of the country's transitional government to face charges...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[9th Circuit Court again hearing pledge case]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20071205/ai_n21143621]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO -- An atheist pleaded with a federal appeals court Tuesday to remove the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" from U.S. currency, saying the references disrespect his religious beliefs.   "I want to be treated equally," said Michael Newdow, who...]]></description>
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