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NEW YORK -- The city's embattled schools chancellor resigned Thursday after three contentious months on the job, the latest in a series of third-term setbacks for Mayor Michael Bloomberg and a defeat of his bid to hire a business-minded outsider like himself for a top job.
NYC Schools Chancellor Cathie Black Quits After 3 Months On Job The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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The Iraqi claimants to the compound are numerous and the ideas for its use are many, ranging from the somber—military barracks, Hussein museums and cultural centers—to the more business-minded, such as five-star hotels or an amusement park.
Turf Battle Forms Over Hussein's Palaces Sam Dagher 2011
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Lopez, famous for her workaholic ways, says she's still just as business-minded.
Jennifer Lopez has new plan: 'Back-up' film, music, family 2010
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For a business-minded high school student, life can be tough.
Zak Kukoff: What You Don't Learn in High School Zak Kukoff 2010
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Today's buyers are more likely to be business-minded value seekers looking to break into the game at low prices.
Bargain Hunters Go Off to the Races Robert Frank 2011
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Let's see more humility among business-minded philanthropists, and greater respect for the distinctive characteristics and achievements of traditional philanthropy and the nonprofit sector.
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Yet there is no sign that business-minded donors are rushing to support them, just as most avoided earlier social movements for civil and women's rights.
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Opponents also argue that if business-minded philanthropy takes hold, fewer people will try to effect social change by donating money to social movements or grass-roots political organizations.
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Too many business-minded philanthropists consider government an inconvenience that gets in the way of fixing the problems that concern them.
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That change is a huge achievement for China — and a plus rather than a minus for everyone else, because a business-minded China is more benign than a miserable or rebellious one.
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